I Treated My Keratoconus! Patient Testimony
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When I discovered that I have keratoconus, I initially had a little bit of fear and anxiety but when I was told about the existence of the treatments for this disease, I calmed down. On my right eye, I had a ring implanted and the surgery was completely comfortable. The doctor’s team, the surgeon, all of them made me feel comfortable. They did help me overcome my fears when I was about to enter the operating room.
The surgery was smooth and easy, thanks to the anesthesia and in fact, I did not notice anything unusual and it seems that it was very short. The postoperative period was initially a little bit bothersome because of the bandage but once that bandage came off, everything got better and I had noticed my eyesight’s recovery.
My left eye underwent Cross Linking and as I’ve said, the surgery was not at all bothersome. The postoperative period on this left eye was a little bit longer but it was still manageable because of the Acetaminophen.
The surgery that was done with the ring was intended to flatten the cornea and eventually give the cornea a more physiological shape that was more similar to that of the left eye. Surprisingly, now the right eye, which used to be the worse eye has become the better one.
The patient is still advised to wear glasses since both of the eyes had a slight myopia to start with and the ring does not have a pure refractive purpose. That is to say that it is not like a laser surgery, so the effect of reducing the vision defect is secondary and the myopic patient stays myopic. At the most, the astigmatism related to the keratoconus may be eliminated.
The operation was done with the assistance of the Femtolaser, so we created the tunnel of the ring implant with a laser machine and have put the ring in place. All lasted two minutes and a few seconds. The patient has distinct characteristics like very large pupils because of his young age, therefore they usually fit poorly with the implant of intrastromal rings, so we instead implanted a large diameter ring (of 6 mm), which reduces the effect of nocturnal halos to a minimum.
Like I said, the surgery with the ring lasted a few minutes. In the postoperative period, he understandably had a little bit of discomfort because of the bandage that keeps the eye closed, just like our patients who were operated for cataracts and the result, once the bandage was taken off, was immediately very good.
On the other eye, we did Cross Linking with iontophoresis, which is a special Cross Linking procedure. It lasted fourteen minutes and we had the riboflavin absorbed with electric current. After which, there was the exposure to the ultraviolet rays for nine minutes. This iontophoresis procedure is an Italian patent and is an absolutely revolutionary method to make the substance penetrate inside a tissue. Such is done since the substance is not swallowed, not injected intravenously, nor not with a suppository. The substance is absorbed through a small electric ...
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Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Turin in 1996 and specialised at the same University in Ophthalmology in 2000. Is one of the best and most successful Italian refractive surgeons and, in particular, deals with:
► Cataract surgery with high-tech IOL implants:
– Performed the first Panoptix trifocal lens implant procedure
– Has also acquired a wealth of experience in the management of multifocal and toric IOLs
– Has implanted hundreds of multifocal IOL lenses
► Preventative keratoconus surgery by corneal cross-linking and insertion of intrastromal corneal rings
► Excimer laser surgery
► Phakic IOL implants: certified surgeon by the American company Staar
► In June 2016, he implanted the first ICL Evo+ V5 lens implants in Italy
► An established vitreo-retinal surgeon, performing routine minimally invasive vitrectomies and has so far performed over 350 27-gauge vitrectomies
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