The aim of this study was to compare the effect of corneal irregularity on astigmatism assessment using automated keratometry (AK) (IOLMaster) versus ray tracing keratometry (Pentacam). This is an observational case series approved by the institutional review board of Dongguk University Hospital, Goyang, South Korea. A total of 207 eyes of 207 cataract patients were included. Preoperative corne...

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 ...

In irregular astigmatism, the two meridians may be located at something other than 90 degrees apart (principal meridians are not perpendicular); or there are more than two meridians. Irregular astigmatism is that in which the curvature varies in different parts of the same meridian or in which refraction in successive meridians differs irregularly. Irregular astigmatism is associated with loss ...

PURPOSE Description of total corneal refractive power (TCRP) astigmatism by ray tracing using a Scheimpflug tomographer. METHODS Analysis of Scheimpflug tomography measurements to determine 3-mm-zone TCRP astigmatism (CATCRP) by ray tracing calculations, astigmatism in 15°-zone from simulated keratometry (CASim-K), anterior-surface astigmatism (CAant), and posterior-surface astigmatism (CApos...

Purpose To evaluate the magnitudes and axis orientation of anterior corneal astigmatism (ACA) and posterior corneal astigmatism (PCA), the ratio of ACA to PCA, and the correlation between ACA and PCA in the different stages of keratoconus (KCN). Methods This retrospective case series comprised 161 eyes of 161 patients with KCN (104 men, 57 women; mean age, 22.35 ± 6.10 years). The participant...

PURPOSE To describe topographic changes in a case of limbal conjunctival carcinoma. METHODS Corneal topography was performed before and 3 months after excision. RESULTS Preoperative topography revealed a localized flattening (37.1 diopters [D]) adjacent to the tumor and extending to the corneal apex, causing a 3-diopter asymmetric with-the-rule astigmatism. Preoperative corneal curvature wa...

purpose : to investigate the efficacy of intacs implantation in post-lasik corneal ectasia (ple) methods : in this retrospective study, 17 eyes of 12 patients with ple, that had been implanted intacs, were evaluated. these parameters were assessed: uncorrected visual acuity (ucva), best spectacle corrected visual acuity (bscva), manifest refractive spherical equivalent (mrse), refractive cylind...

purpose : to evaluate the safety and efficacy of limbal relaxing incisions (lris) for corneal astigmatism correction during phacoemulsification methods : 24 eyes of 24 patients with the mean age of 65.71 years (range: 55 to 83 years) with senile cataracts and mean corneal astigmatism of 1.9±0.83 diopters (d) (range: 1.5 to 3.5 d) were included in this study. all lris were performed during phaco...

PURPOSE Corneal astigmatism is a common eye disorder characterized by irregularities in corneal curvature. Recently, the rs7677751 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at the platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA) locus was found to be associated with corneal astigmatism in people of Asian ancestry. In the present study, we sought to replicate this finding and identify other gen...