Toric Intraocular Lens vs．Peripheral Corneal Relaxing Incisions to Correct Astigmatism in Eyes Undergoing Cataract Surgery

Zhiping Liu， Xiangyin Sha， Xuanwei Liang， Zhonghao Wang， Jingbo Liu， Danping Huang

1 Department of Ophthalmology， the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University， Guangzhou 510260， China．

2 State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology， Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center， Sun Yat-sen University， Guangzhou 510060，China

3 Department of Ophthalmology， Dyson Vision Research Institute， Weill Cornell Medical College， New York 10065，USA

Introduction

Subjects and methods

Patients，selection criteria，and exclusion criteria

Table 1 General condition of patients

Preoperative preparation

Surgical procedure

The procedures for peripheral corneal relaxing incisions （PCRIs）

The procedures of toric-intraocular lens implantation

Postoperative medications and follow up

Statistical analysis

Results

The effectiveness and safety of peripheral corneal relaxing incisions and a toric intraocular lens

Table 2 The effects of PCRIs and Toric-IOL 6 months postoperatively

The stability of peripheral corneal relaxing incisions and the Toric intraocular lens in correcting astigmatism

Discussion

Table 3 The stability of PCRIs and Toric-IOL after 1 and 6 months

What was known

What this paper adds