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SynthesisInternational ophthalmology2022

Refractive corneal inlay implantation outcomes: a preliminary systematic review.

José-María Sánchez-González, Davide Borroni, Rahul Rachwani-Anil, Carlos Rocha-de-Lossada

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Synthesis in International ophthalmology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

José-María Sánchez-GonzálezDepartment of Physics of Condensed Matter, Optics Area, University of Seville, Reina Mercedes St., Seville, Spain. jsanchez80@us.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0450-7717
Davide BorroniDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fondazione Banca Degli Occhi Del Veneto Onlus, Zelarino, Venezia, Italy.
Rahul Rachwani-AnilDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Carlos Rocha-de-LossadaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hospital Virgen de la Nieves, Granada, Spain.
Clínica Rementería · ESHospital Regional Universitario de Málaga · ESHospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves · ESVeneto Eye Bank Foundation · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo review all case series of refractive corneal inlay implantation: Flexivue (Presbia, Netherlands), Invue (BioVision, Brügg, Switzerland) and Icolens (Neoptics, Hünenberg, Switzerland) performed in presbyopia patients and to evaluate the reported visual outcomes. In addition, our aim is to provide assessment for complications and to report the satisfaction rates.

methodsPubMed, Web of Science and Scopus databases were consulted using "refractive corneal inlay", "Flexivue Inlay", "Invue Inlay" and "Icolens inlay" as keywords. 147 articles were found, and they were assessed considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria. After filtering, this systemic review included ten articles, published between 2011 and 2020.

results308 eyes from 308 participants were enrolled in this systematic review. Mean maximum follow-up was 13.9 months. Nine of the ten case series included used femtosecond laser for the corneal pocket creation. Mean pocket depth was 293.75 µm. 77.5% of the eyes reported a postoperative uncorrected near visual acuity of 20/32 or better, and 19.20% of the inlay-implanted eyes achieved an uncorrected distance visual acuity of 20/20 or better. The most prominent complications were halos, pain, photophobia, and poor distance visual acuity. 27 eyes (8.7%) had to be explanted due to complications, such as near-distance spectacle dependence or blurred distance vision.

conclusionRefractive corneal inlay outcomes demonstrated high efficacy, safety, and satisfaction rates. Furthermore, it is a reversible technique. However, the findings must be viewed with caution due potential conflict of interest. Further research with higher sample size is needed to validate these findings.

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Corneal StromaPresbyopiaCorneal TopographyEye, ArtificialHumansProspective StudiesProstheses and ImplantsProsthesis ImplantationRefraction, OcularFlexivue inlayIcolens inlayInvue inlayRefractive inlay

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PMID34599717
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