Open Journal of Ophthalmology

Volume 7, Issue 4 (November 2017)

ISSN Print: 2165-7408   ISSN Online: 2165-7416

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Non-Penetrating Femtosecond Laser Intrastromal Astigmatic Keratotomy Performed during Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery: Results on Keratometric Astigmatism

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DOI: 10.4236/ojoph.2017.74035    1,378 Downloads   2,940 Views  Citations

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.

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