A Randomized Study of the Impact of a Corneal Pre-Cut During Cataract Surgery on Wound Architecture and Corneal Astigmatism.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aim of the current study was to assess the effect of a 600-µm corneal pre-cut on wound architecture and its impact on surgically induced astigmatism. The images were acquired intraoperatively and postoperatively with high-resolution spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).

Methods

This study included patients scheduled for cataract surgery. Preoperatively, optical biometry and corneal topography were performed (IOL Master 500 and Atlas 9000, both Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Germany). The first eye randomly received a 600-µm corneal pre-cut during cataract surgery, or a single-plane stab-incision and the second eye received the other incision technique. Incision architecture was assessed intraoperatively using a continuous intraoperative optical cohe

SUBMITTER: Doeller B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8079538 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature