Pseudophakic astigmatism reduction with femtosecond laser-assisted corneal arcuate incisions: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Verion-LenSx guided arcuate incision technique to reduce refractive astigmatism in a pseudophakic population.

Patients and methods

A prospective single-arm study was conducted in which one or both eyes of subjects required reduction of 1.0-2.0 D of refractive astigmatism after previous cataract surgery or refractive lens exchange. The surgeon used the refractive cylinder in the eye and the Woodcock astigmatism nomogram for preoperative planning, while the LenSx femtosecond laser with the Verion Image Guided System was used to create all arcuate incisions. The primary outcome measure was the uncorrected monocular distance visual acuity (UCVA). Secondary outcome measures included the change in corneal astigma

SUBMITTER: Blehm C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5271394 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature