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Mariko Mita1, Tomomi Kanamori, Minoru Tomita
1From the Shinagawa LASIK Center (Mita, Kanamori, Tomita), Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; the Department of Ophthalmology (Tomita), Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China; the Eye Can Cataract surgery Center (Tomita), Manila, Philippines.
Abstract:
A 60-year-old man had a combination of laser in situ keratomileusis and Kamra corneal inlay implantation to correct presbyopia. Although the outcome was favorable postoperatively, central serous chorioretinopathy was observed in the left eye along with a decrease in the uncorrected (UDVA) and corrected (CDVA) distance visual acuities and the corrected near visual acuity (CNVA). Photodynamic therapy (PDT) was later performed in a university hospital. After PDT, the patient experienced a decline in the visual acuity and came to our clinic a month after the PDT. Degeneration and a scar were observed at the location of the inlay due to the heat and burning. Flattening of the corneal topography was also observed where the corneal scar was located, along with a significant decrease in CDVA in the left eye. Prior to any surgery in which the corneal inlay is an impediment, surgeons should take advantage of the reversibility of the Kamra inlay by explanting the inlay.
