Cataract surgery after previous femtosecond laser intrastromal presbyopia treatment.
We present a 58-year-old man who had cataract surgery in his right eye 8 months after femtosecond laser intrastromal presbyopia treatment (Intracor). The intraocular lens (IOL) power was calculated using the standard optical biometry data and the Holladay I formula without adjusting factors. Routine cataract removal was performed without complications followed by implantation of a monofocal IOL. The achieved spherical equivalent postoperatively was +0.25 diopters (D), which was +0.26 D different than the target refraction of the Holladay 1 formula. In conclusion, the IOL power calculation was predictable and the effect of the femtosecond intrastromal presbyopia treatment remained stable and improved further after cataract surgery: The pre-treatment uncorrected near visual acuity of 20/125 improved to 20/40 after treatment and to 20/25 six months after cataract surgery.


BACKGROUND
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International Vision Correction Research Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Anna
A
Fitting
Tanja M
TM
Rabsilber
Gerd U
GU
Auffarth
Mike P
MP
Holzer
D001699:Biometry; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000601:surgery*; D019781:Corneal Topography; D006801:Humans; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011305:Presbyopia / Q000601:surgery*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology