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. 2024 Jul;34(4):1111-1118.
doi: 10.1177/11206721231212545. Epub 2023 Nov 3.

Smaller-Incision new-generation implantable miniature telescope: Three-months follow-up study

Alfonso Savastano  1 , Silvia Ferrara  1 , Paola Sasso  1 , Maria Cristina Savastano  1   2 , Emanuele Crincoli  1 , Tomaso Caporossi  1   2 , Umberto De Vico  1 , Faustino Vidal Aroca  3 , Giuseppe Francione  1 , Leonardo Sammarco  1 , Gloria Gambini  1 , Chiara Fedeli  1 , Emiliana Di Nardo  1 , Stanislao Rizzo  1   2   4
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Smaller-Incision new-generation implantable miniature telescope: Three-months follow-up study

Alfonso Savastano et al. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2024 Jul.

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate three months follow-up of SING IMT implant in patients affected by late-stage AMD.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Subjects: In a total of 80 eyes of 40 patients who underwent the enrollment tests, 11 patients' eyes affected by late-stage AMD matched the inclusion criteria and underwent SING IMT implant from February to June 2022.

Methods: Before surgery, each patient underwent the enrollment examination to verify inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Main outcome measures: BCVA for distance and for near, IOP, ACD and ECD were evaluated at 1 and 3 months follow up. Also quality of life in doing the activities of daily life was evaluated.

Results: BCVA for distance and for near improved from baseline to 3 months follow up (23.91 ± 9.418 ETDRS letters and 59.09 ± 11.58 ETDRS letters respectively (p < 0.001). An endothelial cell loss was shown (p < 0.001), with a rate of cell density reduction around 8.3% (baseline vs 3 months).

Conclusions: SING IMT could be a valid surgical device to improve patients' sight and quality of life which have been deteriorated by late-stage macular degeneration. Further studies with more patients and longer follow up are needed to confirm our results.

Keywords: Dry-AMD; implantable miniature telescope; late-stage AMD.

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Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.