Moshirfar Majid, Buckner Benjamin, Rosen David B, Heiland Madeline B, Ronquillo Yasmyne C, Skanchy David F, Liu Harry Y, Melton Tim, Werner Liliana, Hoopes Phillip C Jr
John A. Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Utah Lions Eye Bank, Murray, UT, USA.
Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol. 2019 Fall;8(3):139-144.
The purpose of this case series is to report visual outcomes in patients who underwent explantation of the Raindrop® hydrogel corneal inlay. Retrospective chart review comprising four cases of explantation of the Raindrop® corneal shape-changing hydrogel inlay: pre-implantation, pre-explantation, and post-explantation values for uncorrected distance visual acuity, uncorrected near visual acuity, and corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) were measured; keratometric and tomographic data were collected using the Pentacam system (Oculus, Inc). Three eyes were explanted for progressive haze after implantation that persisted even after removal; one eye was explanted due to poor visual acuity with no haze formation. All patients experienced decreased unaided and corrected distance visual acuity. Persistent increase in corneal thickness and mean keratometry was noted post-explantation. All four patients regained their original near visual acuities, but one patient had persistent one-line loss in CDVA. There are long lasting tomographic corneal changes following Raindrop inlay explantation. In addition, persistent increased corneal thickness could be related to semi-permanent changes in corneal structure and may account for residual haze experienced by patients. After explantation, patients may not return to baseline CDVA.
本病例系列的目的是报告接受Raindrop®水凝胶角膜嵌体取出术患者的视力结果。对4例Raindrop®角膜塑形水凝胶嵌体取出术进行回顾性病历审查:测量未矫正远视力、未矫正近视力和矫正远视力(CDVA)的植入前、取出前和取出后数值;使用Pentacam系统(奥culus公司)收集角膜曲率和断层扫描数据。3只眼因植入后出现渐进性混浊,即使取出后仍持续存在而被取出;1只眼因视力差且无混浊形成而被取出。所有患者的裸眼和矫正远视力均下降。取出后角膜厚度和平均角膜曲率持续增加。所有4例患者均恢复了原来的近视力,但1例患者的CDVA持续下降一行。Raindrop嵌体取出后角膜存在长期的断层扫描变化。此外,角膜厚度持续增加可能与角膜结构的半永久性变化有关,并可能解释患者经历的残留混浊。取出后,患者可能无法恢复到基线CDVA。