Aims: To analyse the outcome of DALK in patients with keratoconus terms best corrected and uncorrected visual acuity, average K topographic astigmatism. Settings design: Prospective interventional case series study Material methods: 28 eyes diagnosed were evaluated from August 2009 – July 2011 a tertiary eye care hospital. All underwent outcomes assessed on 4 parameters: Average Keratometric re...

INTRODUCTION Astigmatism is a visually disabling refractive error, and at least 15%-20% cataract patients have corneal astigmatism of ≥1.50 diopters (D). One way to correct astigmatism simultaneously during cataract surgery is to place limbal relaxing incisions (LRIs). It is possible, however, that late corneal biomechanics may play an unfavorable role in refractive outcomes over time. Toric in...

Thirty-one patients with optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) or septo-optic dysplasia and two patients with segmental ONH underwent retinoscopy. The results were compared with those of 20 normal subjects. There was a higher prevalence of astigmatism in the patients than in the controls. Two patients with segmental ONH had no evidence of astigmatism. The association of astigmatism with ONH has not hith...

Considering the rising number of MyoRing implantation procedures in keratoconic corneas and the refractive outcomes associated with this treatment modality, this study aimed to evaluate and compare the magnitude and axis orientation of total and corneal astigmatism between before and after MyoRing implantation in 34 eyes of 28 patients with keratoconus (KCN) (mean age: 29.41 ± 7.0 years). The i...

purpose: to report the outcomes of graft refractive surgery (grs) together with clear-cornea phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (iol) implantation in post-penetrating keratoplasty (pkp) eyes. methods: fourteen eyes of 13 patients who had received pkp underwent simultaneous grs (relaxing incisions with or without counter-quadrant compression sutures) and clear-cornea phacoemulsification wi...

BACKGROUND To compare the clinical outcomes after implantation of AcrySof Toric IOLs with different clear corneal incisions. METHODS Sixty cataract patients with regular corneal astigmatism who underwent phacoemulsification combined with implantation of an AcrySof Toric IOL were enrolled. They were divided into two groups according to the position of the clear corneal incision: steep-axis and...

PURPOSE To compare the efficacy of adding an opposite clear corneal incision (OCCI) on the steep meridian versus performing surgery on the steep meridian alone during phacoemulsification in reducing pre-existing corneal astigmatism. METHODS This randomized clinical trial was performed on 120 eyes with corneal astigmatism of >1D undergoing phacoemulsification. Incisions were made based on the ...

AIM To study the prevalence, type, and progression of astigmatism in Chinese preschool children, and its effect on refractive development. METHODS A cross sectional study of preschool children was carried out in two randomly selected kindergartens. A cohort study was performed on a subset of children, five years after initial examination. Refractive error (measured by cycloplegic autorefracti...

PURPOSE To compare the safety and efficacy of three methods for correcting pre-existing astigmatism during phacoemulsification. METHODS This prospective, comparative, non-randomized study was conducted from March 2010 to January 2011, and included patients with keratometric astigmatism ≥1.25 D undergoing cataract surgery. Astigmatism was corrected using the following approaches: limbal relaxi...