intacs in A Sentence

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    How do the Intacs work?

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    How does Intacs work?

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    Who is a candidate for Intacs?

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    How do Intacs work?

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    Here are some questions to ask your eye care professional about Intacs:.

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    After examining your eyes, your eye doctor can tell you more about Intacs.

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    After one or two crescent-shaped Intacs are inserted into the tunnel, the procedure is over.

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    Do you think Intacs is the best option for me, or should I consider other options?

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    A thicker ring in Intacs means more thinning of the cornea, which increases the level of vision correction attained.

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    A thicker ring in Intacs means more flattening of the cornea, which increases the level of vision correction achieved.

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    Percent of people who have Intacs have adequate vision for driving without the need for eyeglasses or contact lenses.

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    You will not feel the Intacs rings because they are situated in the cornea area under the nerve endings.

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    If you are considering Intacs surgery for keratoconus, your first step is to have a comprehensive eye exam by an ophthalmologist who specializes in the procedure.

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    In early January 2006, the FDA formally acknowledged that Intacs implants are therapeutic devices that can be described in company literature as corneal implants, rather than prescription inserts.

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    If you are among the 4 percent of people who are not satisfied with results or you have troubling visual symptoms, you can ask a surgeon to remove the Intacs.

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    Enhancement laser surgery is usually not suitable, and gas permeable contact lenses or corneal implants(Intacs) may be prescribed to hold the cornea in place, or a treatment called corneal collagen crosslinking may be performed to strengthen the cornea.

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    The FDA in July 2004 granted Intacs a Humanitarian Device Exemption for use in the treatment of keratoconus largely because of Intacs' safety record and because only a few treatment options, such as corneal transplants, were available for keratoconus.

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    Just under 9 percent of patients requested to have their Intacs removed due to side effects such as glare, halos and night vision problems or because their vision was under- or over-corrected, and 3.8 percent required a secondary surgical procedure.

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    Regarding the use of Intacs for the correction of myopia, a literature review of 452 individuals who underwent the procedure found that 12 months after surgery, 97 percent of treated eyes had 20/40 vision or better, and 74 percent had 20/20 or better.

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    A study of the reversibility of Intacs for nearsightedness, found that, at three months following removal of the Intacs corneal ring segments, 20 of 21 eyes returned to within 1.0 D of their preoperative refractive error and there were no surgical or postoperative complications.

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    If you are interested in Intacs corneal ring implantation for the correction of nearsightedness, you must be at least 21 years of age and have a stable eyeglasses prescription with no more than -3.0 diopters(D) of myopia and no more than 1.0 D of astigmatism.

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    A literature review of 452 patients who underwent Intacs corneal ring implantation for the correction of nearsightedness was published in the October 2001 issue of Ophthalmology. Twelve months after surgery, 97 percent of treated eyes had 20/40 vision or better, and 74 percent had 20/20 or better.

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    A study of Intacs for the treatment of corneal thinning and bulging(ectasia) occurring as a complication of LASIK surgery showed that uncorrected visual acuity improved from 20/100 or worse prior to Intacs implantation to 20/40 or better one year after the procedure in 90 percent of treated eyes.

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