PURPOSE To describe the prevalence of high astigmatism in infants and young children who are members of a Native American tribe with a high prevalence of astigmatism. METHODS SureSight autorefraction measurements were obtained for 1461 Tohono O'odham children aged 6 months to 8 years. RESULTS The prevalence of astigmatism >2.00 diopters was 30% in Tohono O'odham children during infancy (6 m...

BACKGROUND To evaluate and compare the astigmatism prediction errors taken with the Pentacam measurements, Baylor nomogram, and Barrett formula for toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. METHODS Phacoemulsification with toric Precizon IOL implantation was performed in 41 eyes with corneal astigmatism (range, 1 to 5 diopters (D)) determined by IOLMaster and SimK on Pentacam. Preoperative c...

PURPOSE To evaluate the impact of posterior corneal astigmatism on outcomes with toric intraocular lenses (IOLs). SETTING Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. DESIGN Case series. METHODS Corneal astigmatism was measured using 5 devices before and 3 weeks after cataract surgery. Toric IOL alignment was recorded at surgery and at the slitlamp 3 weeks postop...

Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcome of Acrysof Toric intraocular lenses (IOLs) implantation in cataract surgery for the correction of regular corneal astigmatism. Methods: Twenty eyes of 16 patients with cataract and regular corneal astigmatism of 1.00-4.00 diopter (D) underwent surgery. Depending on the amount of corneal astigmatism, an Acrysof Toric IOL of type SN...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate success rates in the correction of astigmatism with toric and spherical soft contact lens fitting. METHODS 30 patients with soft toric lenses having more than 1.25 D of corneal astigmatism (25 eyes; Group A) or having 0.75-1.25 D of corneal astigmatism (22 eyes; Group B) and 30 patients with soft spheric lenses having 0.75-1.25 D of corneal astigmatism (28 eyes; Group C...

PURPOSE To develop a minimum set of analyses and a format for presentation of outcomes of astigmatism correction by laser systems that reshape the cornea. METHODS An Astigmatism Project group was created under the auspices of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z80.11 Working Group on Laser Systems for Corneal Reshaping. The Astigmatism Project Group was made up of experts in ast...

PURPOSE To compare the efficacy of conventional laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in treating corneal astigmatism and in treating noncorneal ocular residual astigmatism. SETTING Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. DESIGN Retrospective case series. METHODS The records of dominant eyes of consecutive patients who had LASIK were retrospectively analyzed to compare the efficacy of...

PURPOSE To compare the efficacy of correcting myopic astigmatism with femtosecond laser small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG) versus laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy (LASEK). SETTING The study was conducted at the Ophthalmology Department, Eye and ENT Hospital, Shanghai, China. DESIGN A retrospective, cross-sectional study. METHODS This study included ...

OBJECTIVE To describe and analyze the demography and distribution of preoperative corneal astigmatism in patients undergoing cataract surgery at Mettapracharak Hospital. MATERIAL AND METHOD The medical records of consecutive patients who had cataract surgery between October 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011 at Mettapracharak Hospital were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. Patient demographi...

Purpose: To determine the association between astigmatism and spherical refractive error in a clinical population Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 2,000 patients who presented to our optometry clinic were enrolled. All were tested for objective refraction with a Nidek AR-310A auto refractometer, and non-cycloplegic refraction. For those under 15 years of age, cycloplegic refraction was m...