Non-Penetrating Femtosecond Laser Intrastromal Astigmatic Keratotomy Performed during Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery: Results on Keratometric Astigmatism ()
ABSTRACT
Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of non-penetrating femtosecond laser intrastromal
astigmatic keratotomy (ISAK) in terms of topographic and refractive
changes. Methods: Retrospective study including 42 eyes (35 patients)
with a corneal astigmatism between 0.5 and 1.5 D. All eyes underwent femtosecond
laser-assisted cataract surgery with ISAK for astigmatism management
using the Catalys laser system (Johnson & Johnson Vision). Visual acuity, refraction,
as well as corneal topographic and corneal endothelial cell density
(ECD) changes were evaluated during a 12-month follow-up. Astigmatic
changes were analyzed using the Alpins vector method. Results: A significant
reduction in manifest cylinder was observed at 1 month postoperatively (p =
0.03), with no significant changes afterwards (p = 0.90). A total of 38.1%,
52.4% and 59.2% of eyes had a manifest cylinder of 0.50 D or lower preoperatively
and at 1 and 12 months after surgery, respectively. A significant reduction
was found in topographic astigmatism at 1 month postoperatively (p <
0.01), with an additionally small but statistically significant reduction afterwards
(p < 0.01). No significant changes in postoperative uncorrected (p =
0.97) and corrected visual acuities (p = 0.40) were observed during the follow-up. There was a trend to undercorrection of corneal astigmatism that decreased
significantly over time. This led to some variability in changes of refractive
astigmatism. A small but significant reduction in ECD was observed
at 1 month postoperatively (p < 0.01), with no significant changes afterwards. Conclusions: Femtosecond laser assisted ISAK is an effective and safe option
to reduce corneal astigmatism during cataract surgery and consequently refractive
astigmatism.
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Kaczmarek, A. , Brockmann, C. and Laube, T. (2017) Non-Penetrating Femtosecond Laser Intrastromal Astigmatic Keratotomy Performed during Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery: Results on Keratometric Astigmatism.
Open Journal of Ophthalmology,
7, 262-272. doi:
10.4236/ojoph.2017.74035.