Removability of a small aperture intracorneal inlay for presbyopia correction.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the safety of the corneal inlay removal procedure and the reversibility of visual acuities, corneal topography, and corneal biomicroscopy changes in a series of cases. METHODS: Ten cases implanted with one of three versions of the AcuFocus Kamra Inlay (ACI 7000, 7000T, and 7000PDT; AcuFocus, Inc., Irvine, CA) were followed for a minimum of 6 months after corneal inlay removal. RESULTS: The reason for removal was related to subjective dissatisfaction with visual symptoms (8 of 10 patients) such as night glare, photophobia, starburst, blurry vision, and halos. One case of removal was related to inadvertent thin fl ap and the fi nal case was related to insuffi cient near vision. Mean uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) and uncorrected near visual acuity (UNVA) was 0 ± 0.1 logMAR (Snellen 20/20) and 0.5 ± 0.2 logMAR (Snellen 20/40), respectively, preoperatively and 0.1 ± 0.1 logMAR (Snellen 20/25) and 0.5 ± 0.1 logMAR (Snellen 20/63), respectively, 6 months afte