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Safety and efficacy of Intacs in Indian eyes with keratoconus: an initial report.

Anand Parthasarathy.   

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Year:  2011        PMID: 21350300      PMCID: PMC3116563          DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.77036

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Indian J Ophthalmol        ISSN: 0301-4738            Impact factor:   1.848


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Dear Editor, I read with interest the article by Shetty et al.[1] on the safety and efficacy of Intacs. The authors need to be commended on reporting the results of the procedure they carried out on Indian eyes. The authors would, however, do well to shed some light on some aspects of their results; the mean refractive spherical equivalent (MRSE) drop from -5.48 ± 3.67 to -1.43 ± 2.74 and then an increase to -5.23 ± 3.79 again is surprising. Why did the variation take place and is there a possible explanation for this? Second, in the preoperative examination, was the presence of vernal keratoconjunctivitis specifically looked for, as we know that there is an association between the two;[2] in addition postoperatively these patients need to be counseled about avoiding rubbing their eyes, as it could lead to progression of keratoconus and even extrusion of the implant. Also how many of the patients in the case series had collagen cross-linking prior to the Intacs placements? There are now multiple studies confirming a possible synergistic effect of the two treatments.[3-5]
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1.  Effect of inferior-segment Intacs with and without C3-R on keratoconus.

Authors:  Colin C K Chan; Munish Sharma; Brian S Boxer Wachler
Journal:  J Cataract Refract Surg       Date:  2007-01       Impact factor: 3.351

2.  Comparison of sequential vs same-day simultaneous collagen cross-linking and topography-guided PRK for treatment of keratoconus.

Authors:  Anastasios John Kanellopoulos
Journal:  J Refract Surg       Date:  2009-09-11       Impact factor: 3.573

3.  Incidence of keratoconus in subjects with vernal keratoconjunctivitis: a videokeratographic study.

Authors:  Y Totan; I F Hepşen; O Cekiç; A Gündüz; E Aydin
Journal:  Ophthalmology       Date:  2001-04       Impact factor: 12.079

4.  Intacs implantation with sequential collagen cross-linking treatment in postoperative LASIK ectasia.

Authors:  Günhal Kamburoglu; Aylin Ertan
Journal:  J Refract Surg       Date:  2008-09       Impact factor: 3.573

5.  Safety and efficacy of Intacs in Indian eyes with keratoconus: an initial report.

Authors:  Rohit Shetty; Kannan M Narayana; Kurian Mathew; D Anand; Prerna Mhaske; Bhujang K Shetty
Journal:  Indian J Ophthalmol       Date:  2009 Mar-Apr       Impact factor: 1.848

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