South Texas Eye Institute - San Antonio Intacs®
South Texas Eye Institute is committed to providing the best possible health care for you and your family. With this in mind, our doctors wanted to invite you back into our office to tell you about advancements in eye care that may help you with your condition. The INTACS procedure is being performed all over the U.S. and internationally to help stabilize and reshape the cornea. This allows for a better contact lens fit and tolerance wearing glasses. 
This procedure is reversible, and is covered by most insurance carriers.
The goal of the Intacs procedure is to provide the keratoconic patient with the ability to achieve improved functional vision with contact lenses or glasses and in some cases without them. In the few patients that later required a cornea transplant, after having the Intacs procedure, their transplants were completed without complication following removal of Intacs.
Intacs may provide an effective option to improve one's vision prior to considering a cornea transplant. Intacs were originally designed and FDA approved to correct mild nearsightedness. Through the collaboration between physicians and Addition Technology, Intacs have emerged as a new therapy for treating patients with keratoconus. Intacs have been FDA approved for the treatment of Keratoconus and are covered by most medical insurance carriers. Intacs are ideal for patients who cannot tolerate gas permeable contact lenses, or have decreased vision from Keratoconus.
If you suffer from impaired vision due to Keratoconus, your ophthalmologist is the best person to consult regarding whether this new and exciting option for treatment is right for you. Contact our San Antonio, Texas doctors to learn more about Intacs®.