Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2427-2430, November 2004

Ferrara intracorneal ring implantation and cataract surgery for the correction of pellucid marginal corneal degeneration☆

  • Leonardo Akaishi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brasilia Ophthalmologic Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Patrick F. Tzelikis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Dr. P.F. Tzelikis, Wills Eye Hospital, 840 Walnut Street, 9th Floor, Cornea Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
    • Brasilia Ophthalmologic Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Irving M. Raber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brasilia, Brazil, and Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Accepted 6 April 2004.

Abstract 

We report a case of Ferrara intracorneal ring (Mediphacos) implantation and cataract surgery for the correction of pellucid marginal corneal degeneration. Preoperatively, the patient's uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) was 0.05 in the right eye and 0.10 in the left eye. The best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) was 0.50 with −2.00 −11.25 × 80 in the right eye and 0.60 with −2.00 −5.50 × 95 in the left eye. One month postoperatively, the UCVA was 0.50 in the right eye and 0.30 in the left eye. The BSCVA was 0.80 with −1.00 in the right eye and 0.60 with −0.75 −1.25 × 160 in the left eye. Ferrara intrastromal rings and cataract surgery resulted in a more regular corneal shape with a reduction in astigmatism for good visual recovery.

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☆ None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00662-5

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.04.047

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2427-2430, November 2004

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