ArticleActa ophthalmologica2021
Precision and refractive predictability of a new nomogram for femtosecond laser-assisted corneal arcuate incisions.
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- Cataract surgery astigmatism incisional management. Manual relaxing incision versus femtosecond laser-assisted arcuate keratotomy. A systematic review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2022Pooled it
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- Short-Term Outcomes Using a Novel Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Keratotomy Nomogram to Manage Corneal Astigmatism During Phacoemulsification.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Comparative Outcomes of Robotic Laser Arcuate Keratotomy and Toric Intraocular Lenses for the Management of Lower Magnitude Astigmatism at the Time of Cataract Surgery.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Managing low corneal astigmatism in patients with presbyopia correcting intraocular lenses: a narrative review.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Review
- Predictability of Astigmatism Correction by Arcuate Incisions with a Femtosecond Laser Using the Gaussian Approximation Calculation.Micromachines · 2023Article
- Accuracy of the LaserArcs Femtosecond Cataract Surgery Arcuate Incision Nomogram in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery and Astigmatism Reduction.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- Prediction of corneal astigmatism based on corneal tomography after femtosecond laser arcuate keratotomy using a pix2pix conditional generative adversarial network.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Clinical Outcomes After Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Arcuate Corneal Incisions versus Manual Incisions.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
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purposeValidating a new nomogram for low to moderate astigmatism (0.75 D to 2.5 D) correction with epithelium- and Bowman-penetrating femtosecond laser-assisted arcuate incisions. METHODOLOGY: Prospective, interventional case series at the Augen- und Laserklinik, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany. Cataract patients with low to moderate corneal astigmatism were treated with femtosecond laser-assisted arcuate incisions. Patients with previous refractive corneal treatment were excluded. Outcome assessment was based on manifest refraction, astigmatic vector analysis and visual acuity.
resultsThe study analysed 43 eyes of 33 patients after three months and 35 eyes of 27 patients after 12 months. After 12 months, 100% of all eyes treated had ≤1.0 D and 97% ≤0.5 D of subjective residual astigmatism. Mean residual astigmatism was 0.27 D. 90% of all eyes were within one line of difference between UDVA and CDVA. SEQ Mean Absolute Error was 0.26 D and SEQ. Mean error was -0.08 ± 0.32 D. CI was 0.98 ± 0.2 D, and Index of Success, 0.20 ± 0.18 D.
conclusionThe Castrop nomogram showed results that are comparable to or better than results presented in the literature for existing nomograms. Our results for astigmatic reduction are comparable to published results for TIOL implantation. It seems to be a predictable and safe measure to reduce manifest astigmatism.
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