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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

Femtosecond laser assisted phacoemulsification plus IOL implant: toric IOL vs. astigmatic keratotomy.

Howard Wen-Haur Chao, Windsor Wen-Jin Chao, Cheng-Kuo Cheng, Shiow-Wen Liou, Pai-Huei Peng, Hsiao-Ming Chao

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Howard Wen-Haur Chao *Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Windsor Wen-Jin Chao *Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Cheng-Kuo ChengDepartment of Ophthalmology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shiow-Wen LiouDepartment of Ophthalmology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Pai-Huei PengDepartment of Ophthalmology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hsiao-Ming ChaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To compare the clinical outcomes of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FSLACS) with astigmatic keratotomy (AK) versus toric intraocular lens (IOL Design: Retrospective comparative case series. Methods: 60 eyes (45 IOL Results: In term of OA Conclusion: FSLACS with toric IOL implantation offers an effective and more stable astigmatism correction without increasing HOAs, but also having similar visual outcome improvement, when compared to AK's astigmatism correction.

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astigmatic keratotomycorneal higher-order aberrationsDouble Angle Vector Diagramsfemtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgeryocular and corneal astigmatismpolar plotstoric intraocular lensuncorrected distant visual acuity LogMAR

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PMCPMC13132768

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