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JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY
Volume 42, Issue 2, Pages 217-225Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2015.11.036
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PURPOSE: To compare the accuracy of different methods that consider posterior corneal curvature in toric intraocular lens (IOL) calculations. SETTING: Ein-Tal Eye Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel. DESIGN: Retrospective comparative case series. METHODS: Consecutive cases of toric IOL implantation and preoperative measurements by optical biometry with optical low-coherence reflectometry (OLCR) (Lenstar LS 900) and a Scheimpflug camera (Pentacam) were retrospectively reviewed. Five methods of toric IOL calculation were compared as follows: (1) anterior corneal astigmatism using OLCR, (2) application of the Baylor nomogram, (3) posterior tomography combined with anterior corneal measurements using vector summation, (4) the Scheimpflug camera's true net power, and (5) total corneal refractive power. Toric IOL astigmatic power and axis, aiming for the lowest residual astigmatism, were selected according to these methods. Simulated residual refraction was calculated for each method based on manifest refraction and measured IOL alignment more than 3 weeks after surgery. RESULTS: The study included 115 eyes of 92 patients. The median simulated residual astigmatism was lower when based on vector summation of anterior and posterior astigmatisms than with calculations based on anterior corneal measurements only, application of the Baylor nomogram, true net power, and total corneal refractive power readings (0.49 diopters [DJ versus 0.70 D, 0.60 D, 0.64 D, and 0.76 D, respectively) (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Residual astigmatism after toric IOL implantation can be reduced by appropriate consideration of the posterior corneal astigmatism. Using methods that take into account the effect of the posterior cornea in toric IOL calculations is suggested. (C) 2016 ASCRS and ESCRS
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