A randomised, prospective study of 'off-the-shelf' use of toric intraocular lenses for cataract patients with pre-existing corneal astigmatism in the NHS.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

To compare visual and refractive outcomes of monofocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) with limbal relaxing incisions (LRI) with 'off-the-shelf' use of toric IOLs (TIOLs), with a fixed 2-dioptre cylinder (DC) correction, for cataract patients with pre-existing corneal astigmatism in a public-sector setting.

Subjects/methods

Seventy-seven patients (77 eyes, first treated eye) with visually significant cataract and pre-operative corneal astigmatism ≥2.00 DC were randomised to receive either 'off-the-shelf' TIOLs, with a fixed 2.00 DC cylinder correction (39 eyes), or monofocal IOLs (38 eyes) with LRIs. The concept of fixing the cylindrical correction was to minimise costs, allow a full TIOL bank to be available and eliminate the need for individual TIOL orderin

SUBMITTER: Stanojcic N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7608256 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature