Refractive Keratoplasty for Disabling Astigmatism After Penetrating Keratoplasty

David L. Mccartney; Clayton E. Whitney; Walter J. Stark; Stephen K. Wong; David A. Bernitsky

doi:10.1001/archopht.1987.01060070090035

Refractive Keratoplasty for Disabling Astigmatism After Penetrating Keratoplasty

David L. Mccartney, Clayton E. Whitney, Walter J. Stark, Stephen K. Wong, David A. Bernitsky

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Postoperative astigmatism is one of the major limitations of penetrating keratoplasty. In an attempt to reduce postkeratoplasty astigmatism, we combined corneal-relaxing incisions with orthogonal compression sutures, guided by the intraoperative use of a ring keratometer. Eleven consecutive patients from a mixed referral population with functionally disabling astigmatism were studied. The average preoperative keratometric cylinder of 11.68 diopters was reduced by 7.95 (±3.03 SD) diopters. Each patient's net keratometric cylinder was reduced. We believe that this technique is safer and more predictable than previously published techniques.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	954-957
Number of pages	4
Journal	Archives of ophthalmology
Volume	105
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1987.01060070090035
State	Published - Jul 1987
Externally published	Yes

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