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Astigmatism control.

Nichamin LD

The Laurel Eye Clinic, 50 Waterford Pike, Brookville, PA 15825, USA. nichamin@laureleye.com

Refractive cataract surgery has become a reality for the modern phacosurgeon, and control of astigmatism plays a vital role in this quest for optical refractive outcomes. Fortunately, a number of effective options exist to minimize postoperative cylinder. These include placing the cataract incision on the steep corneal meridians; use of adjunctive corneal or limbal relaxing incisions; or even using advanced technology, such as the excimer laser. Careful attention must be directed to the measurement of pre-existing astigmatism, and a detailed surgical strategy must then be formulated. Finally, one must be able to avail themselves of enhancement techniques to address residual astigmatism.

Published 27 October 2006 in Ophthalmol Clin North Am, 19(4): 485-93.
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