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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2014 Mar;40(3):354-61.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.08.049. Epub 2014 Jan 17.

Correction of moderate corneal astigmatism during cataract surgery: toric intraocular lens versus peripheral corneal relaxing incisions

Nino Hirnschall  1 , Vinod Gangwani  1 , Alja Crnej  1 , John Koshy  1 , Vincenzo Maurino  1 , Oliver Findl  2
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Correction of moderate corneal astigmatism during cataract surgery: toric intraocular lens versus peripheral corneal relaxing incisions

Nino Hirnschall et al. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

Purpose: To compare the astigmatism-reducing effect of a toric intraocular lens (IOL) and peripheral corneal relaxing incisions (PCRIs).

Setting: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

Design: Prospective masked bilateral randomized study.

Methods: Cataract patients with a preoperative corneal astigmatism of 1.0 to 2.5 diopters (D) were included. All patients received a toric IOL in 1 eye and a nontoric IOL plus a PCRI in the other eye. Postoperative follow-up was at 1 hour, 1 month, and 6 months. The uncorrected distance visual acuity, corrected distance visual acuity, autorefraction (Topcon RM-8800), and subjective refraction were recorded. The IOL axis was assessed using retroillumination photographs.

Results: The study enrolled 60 eyes of 30 patients. The mean astigmatism vector reduction was 1.74 D ± 0.64 (SD) in the toric IOL group and 1.27 ± 0.76 D in the PCRI group; the difference was statistically significant (P=.042). The mean absolute rotation of the toric IOL was 2.5 ± 1.8 degrees (maximum 6.3 degrees) in the first 6 postoperative months. Astigmatism increased in the PCRI group between the 1-month and 6-month follow-up (mean 0.38 ± 0.27 D; maximum 1.00 D) (P<.001).

Conclusion: Toric IOLs and PCRIs both reduced astigmatism; however, toric IOLs reduced astigmatism to a higher extent and they were more predictable.

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