Author ' s response to reviews Title : Evaluation of a new disposable silicon limbal relaxing incision knife by experienced users
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Evaluation of a new disposable silicon limbal relaxing incision knife by experienced users
BACKGROUND Previous research has suggested that the silicon BD Atomic Edge knife has superior performance characteristics when compared to a metal knife and performance similar to diamond knife when making various incisions. This study was designed to determine whether a silicon accurate depth knife has equivalent performance characteristics when compared to a diamond limbal relaxing incision (...
متن کاملPreliminary experiences with limbal relaxing incision for treatment of astigmatism during phacoemulslfication.
INTRODUCTION this small study relates our early experiences with the Limbal Relaxing Incision (LRI) for management of astigmatism in patients undergoing cataract surgery. AIMS to evaluate the efficacy of LRI in the management of primary astigmatism when combined with phacoemulsification. SUBJECTS AND METHODS limbal relaxing incisions were performed to correct primary astigmatism in 12 eyes ...
متن کاملNeurotrophic Corneal Ulcer Development Following Cataract Surgery with a Limbal Relaxing Incision
A 60-year-old man with bilateral corneal opacity underwent cataract extraction surgery involving the use of a limbal relaxing incision in his left eye. He had lower lid ectropion and lagophthalmos in both eyes. Eleven days after the surgery, a slit-lamp examination revealed a neurotrophic corneal ulcer with a punch-out epithelial defect and rolled edges at the center of the pre-existing corneal...
متن کامل[Limbal relaxing incision or the more curved meridian incision associated to phacoemulsification with multifocal intraocular lens implant: three case reports].
The use of multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) is a great advance in the treatment of patients with cataract allowing near and distance uncorrected visual acuity recovery. However patients with some degrees of corneal astigmatism have some limitations. We present 3 cases that were indicated for phacoemulsitfication and multifocal intraocular lens implant (AcrySof Restor, Alcon Labs) after limb...
متن کاملPreliminary experiences with limbal relaxing incision for treatment of astigmatism during phacoemulsification
Introduction: This small study relates our early experiences with the Limbal Relaxing Incision (LRI) for management of astigmatism in patients undergoing cataract surgery. Aims: To evaluate the efficacy of LRI in the management of primary astigmatism when combined with phacoemulsification. Subjects and methods: Limbal relaxing incisions were performed to correct primary astigmatism in 12 eyes o...
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تاریخ انتشار 2009