Presbylasik versus pseudophakic intraocular lenses in presbyopic patients

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Presbyopia is a global problem related to aging that affects over a billion people worldwide, practically all human-beings after the age of 40-45, irrespective of gender. There are many treatment options, such as correction glasses, lenses and so on. In this study we focus on surgical treatment, especially between presbyLASIK and Intraocular lenses, to offer a better option for our patients, because these two techniques are the most commonly used ones, but there are no studies that compare them.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the two most performed techniques when treating presbyopia, laser’s surgery versus intraocular lenses surgery and assess which one provides better results. Other secondary objectives are comparing the recovery time, residual refractive errors and visual acuity.

STUDY DESIGN: The study will be a longitudinal, prospective, open, randomized clinical trial. It will be carried out in the hospital Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa.

POPULATION: Women and men with presbyopia from Terrassa, regardless of whether they have refractive errors or not, between the ages of 45 to 55 years old, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.

INTERVENTION AND METHODS: Our study subjects will be randomly divided into two groups: group A (n=67), where patients will be treated with presbyLASIK surgery, while in group B (n=67), patients will be treated with

intraocular lenses surgery. Recruitment of patients will last two years, with a subsequent follow- up for 3 years