ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2023
Accuracy of the LaserArcs Femtosecond Cataract Surgery Arcuate Incision Nomogram in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery and Astigmatism Reduction.
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- 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
- Postoperative dry eye following femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery: insights and preventive strategies.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the laserarcs.com nomogram in reducing astigmatism among cataract patients that underwent astigmatism reduction with laser arcuate incisions. Methods: In this retrospective study, 50 patients who underwent uncomplicated cataract surgery with laser arc incisions for the reduction of astigmatism with a single surgeon between the dates of January 23, 2021 and February 10, 2022 were evaluated in a single eye. Preoperative astigmatism was determined on the basis of keratometry from biometry (IOLmaster, Carl Zeiss Meditec or LenStar LS900, Haag-Streit, Bern, Switzerland) and was compared to the postoperative manifest astigmatism. The percent change in the absolute magnitude of astigmatism was calculated along with the percent of patients with various levels of postoperative astigmatism. Results: Mean cylinder was 0.97 ± 0.49 D pre-op and 0.21 ± 0.28 D postop. Mean reduction in cylinder was 81.4 ± 47.7% (P < 0.00001, one-sample Conclusion: Use of the LaserArcs nomogram yielded a significant reduction in preoperative astigmatism. Postoperative uncorrected visual acuity was substantially similar to best-corrected visual acuity, suggesting that many patients undergoing treatment will function without correction for distance tasks.
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