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...

AIMS A blind, randomised, prospective, bilateral study to investigate the efficacy of riboflavin/ultraviolet A corneal collagen cross-linkage to halt the progression of keratoconus. METHODS 24 patients with early/moderate bilateral keratoconus with recent progression were recruited. One eye was randomly assigned to undergo collagen cross-linkage following epithelial removal with riboflavin 0....

PURPOSE To analyze the effect of birth weight on ocular morphology, refraction and visual function in early adolescents aged 12-15 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS We conducted a secondary data analysis using the public use files from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of the period from 1999 to 2008. Study participants aged 12 to 15 years were included with data on birth weight ...

PURPOSE To prospectively evaluate postoperative clinical outcomes with implantation of toric intraocular lenses (IOLs) using preoperative keratometry from an optical low coherence reflectometry (OLCR) ocular biometer (Lenstar® LS900) and the built-in Barrett toric calculator. PATIENTS AND METHODS A prospective observational study recruited one or both eyes of subjects who underwent uncomplica...

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 ...