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Correction of Astigmatism During Cataract Surgery: Toric Intraocular Lens Compared to Peripheral Corneal Relaxing Incisions

Jed T. Poll, MD; Li Wang, MD, PhD; Douglas D. Koch, MD and Mitchell P. Weikert, MD

Submitted: 4/13/09; Accepted: 4/16/10; Posted: 6/15/10

In a series of eyes undergoing phacoemulsification for cataract, with preoperative keratometric astigmatism ranging from approximately 1.00 to 4.00 D, 77 eyes received a toric AcrySof IOL and 115 received 600-µm-deep peripheral limbal relaxing incisions. Mean postoperative astigmatism was 0.42 D in the toric group and 0.46 D in the incision group, with no statistically significant difference between the two groups, although eyes with astigmatism >2.26 D had better outcomes with the toric IOL.

doi:10.3928/1081597X-20100526-01