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Table 1 Published outcomes for presbyopia correction with Central PresbyLASIK

From: Corneal compensation of presbyopia: PresbyLASIK: an updated review

Author

Procedure

Follow up

No. of patients

Mean Age (years)

UNVA

UDVA

Safety

Spectacle independence / Satisfaction

Retreatments

Alió et al. [8]

Central PresbyLASIK

6 months

25 hyperopes

58

72% → >20/40

64% → 20/20

28% lost 2 lines of BSCVA

72% spectacle independence for all distances

12% standard LASIK for distance

Jackson et al. [10]

Central PresbyLASIK

12 months

25 hyperopes

55.1 ± 4.6

100% → J3

100% → 20/25

10% lost >2 lines of CDVA.

8.3% lost > 2 lines of CNVA, at 6 months.

80% did not use spectacles to write checks or for computer work.

40% could read without spectacles.

NA

Ryan et al. [12]

Supracor

6 months

23 hyperopes

57

91% → N8 or better

91% → 0.2 logMAR

6% lost 2 or more lines of CDVA

93% fully independent

22% retreatment to enhance UDVA

Saib et al. [14]

Supracor and micro-monovision

12 months

24 hyperopes

54.3 ± 4

84.21% → J1

94.73% → J2 or better

100% → 20/25

9.4% lost 1 line of CDVA

4.05% lost 2 or 3 lines of CDVA.

83.3% fully independent

6.75%

Uthoff et al. [18]

PresbyMAX

6 months

30 patients

10 myopic

10 emmetropic

10 hyperopic

54

0.3 logRAD or better

90% emmetropic

80% myopic and hyperopic

0.1logMAR →

100% hyperopic

80% emmetropic

70% myopic

10% lost 2 lines

40% lost 1 line of the hyperopic and emmetropic group.

10% myopes lost 3 lines, 10% lost 2 lines and 10% lost 1 line of BCDVA.

NA

None

Luger et al. [19]

PresbyMAX

1 year

31 patients myopic and hyperopic with or without astigmatism

53 ± 4

84% → 0.1 logRAD or better

70% → 0.1 logMAR or better

3% lost 2 lines of CDVA, 8% lost 2 lines of CNVA

NA

NA

Luger et al. [16]

PresbyMAX and micro-monovision

1 year

32 patients myopic and hyperopic

51 ± 3

90% → J2

93% → 20/20

7% lost 2 lines of CDVA

Improvement from little (preoperative) to high (postoperative) satisfaction

19%, to improve distance or near VA

Baudu et al. [17]

PresbyMAX

6 months

350 patients, myopes and hyperopes

53 ± 6

91% → 0.1 logRAD or better

76% → 0.1 logMAR or better

Myopes had a global loss averaged -0.8 ± 0.5 lines and ranged from -2 to 0 lines, hyperopes had a global loss averaged -0.9 ± 0.5 lines and ranged from -3 to 0 lines.

NA

NA

Chan et al. [20]

PresbyMAX in the non-dominant eye, monofocal LASIK in the dominant eye

1 year

36 hyperopes

53.1 ± 4

77% → J2 or better

87% → 20/25 or better

No patient had a loss of 2 Snellen lines of binocular CDVA.

94.4% of patients were satisfied with their outcomes

14% to improve near vision

  1. NA= Information not available, UNVA= uncorrected near visual acuity, UDVA= uncorrected distance visual acuity, BSCVA= best spectacle-corrected acuity, CNVA= corrected near visual acuity, CDVA= corrected distance visual acuity, BCDVA= best corrected distance visual acuity