Intacs^® for Keratoconus

A new standard of care is fast becoming the preferred treatment for patients suffering from keratoconus. lntacs^® corneal implants can now potentially defer the need for a corneal transplant. Historically, physicians and patients didn't have a choice. Once a patient becomes intolerant of contact lenses or glasses, their only option has been to undergo a corneal transplant. Today, surgeons around the world are choosing a less invasive standard of care and achieving excellent results with lntacs^® corneal implants.

• Restores contact lens tolerance by creating a more natural prolate corneal shape.
• Excellent safety record, with an exceptionally low complaint level.
• The implant of choice to manage the widest spectrum of keratoconic patients.
• Fast, minimally invasive procedure.
• Performed with world-class set of instruments producing highly consistent results.
• Clinically established refractive change of between 2 to 12 diopters- UCVA and BCVA.
• Supported by over 100 peer-reviewed articles since 2001 .
• Implanted outside of central optical zone, with low incidence of visual symptoms after surgery.
• Security of removablility and replaceability with no reported risk of further complications.
• lntacs^® are registered in over sixty countries, FDA approved & have a European CE Mark.

Refractive versus Therapeutic

Quality of Life for Your Patient

lntacs^® corneal implants delay a corneal transplant indefinitely, restore contact lens tolerance and in most instances provide improvement in best corrected visual acuity. For the keratoconus patient having 20/40 vision only a few hours a day due to painful contact lens wear, lntacs corneal implants are a new standard of care. In the only Quality of Vision study ever published with corneal implants, nearly 50% of lntacs^® patients rated their vision Good to Excellent as compared to only 10% preoperatively with contacts, and 90% rated their vision Fair to Excellent compared with a 70% preoperative rating of Poor.¹

¹ Cohn J. lntacs and Keratoconus Treatment. J Cataract Refract Surg 2006; 32:747-755