Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Nicholas O’Keeffe

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• Review Article
  Corneal Surgical Approach in the Treatment of Presbyopia
  Author(s): Michael O’Keefe and Nicholas O’KeeffeMichael O’Keefe and Nicholas O’Keeffe
  
  Purpose: The aim of this paper is to outline the various corneal approaches to the treatment of presbyopia and discuss their effectiveness Method: Most corneal surgical procedures involve LASIK. Supracor uses a progressive ablation profile to provide an aberration optimized smooth transition from distance to near correction. In presbyLASIK a hyper positive area is created at the centre of the cornea for near vision and the periphery provides a focus for distance. The Intracor procedure is an intra-stromal treatment using a femto-second laser. It creates concentric rings with the stroma. These bring about central steepening of the cornea. Monovision corrects one eye for distance and the less dominant eye for near. Conductive keratoplasty uses heat generated by high radio frequency current to alter the corneal stroma. Corneal small aperture impla.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000512

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