April 2014
Volume 55, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2014
Resident Postoperative Cataract Surgery Outcomes in Patients Receiving Toric Intraocular Lenses
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Christopher Hamamdjian
    Ophthalmology, Kresge Eye Institute, Detroit, MI
  • Bret Hughes
    Ophthalmology, Kresge Eye Institute, Detroit, MI
  • John Ramocki
    Ophthalmology, Kresge Eye Institute, Detroit, MI
  • John Suchomel
    Ophthalmology, Kresge Eye Institute, Detroit, MI
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Christopher Hamamdjian, None; Bret Hughes, None; John Ramocki, None; John Suchomel, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2014, Vol.55, 2808. doi:
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      Christopher Hamamdjian, Bret Hughes, John Ramocki, John Suchomel; Resident Postoperative Cataract Surgery Outcomes in Patients Receiving Toric Intraocular Lenses. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2014;55(13):2808.

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Abstract

Purpose: To study the change in refraction in patients who received a Toric posterior chamber intraocular lens during cataract surgery.

Methods: This was a retrospective chart review of patients undergoing cataract surgery using a Toric lens implant performed by residents at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan. The pre- and postoperative refractions were recorded. Statistical comparisons were made using the paired t-Test.

Results: The mean preoperative cylinder was 2.02 ± 2.07 D (range, 1.25-5.75 D) and the postoperative mean cylinder improved significantly to 0.82 D ± 0.55 (range, 0.00-2.00). Hence, an improvement in astigmatism was shown after cataract surgery with Toric lens implantation (p=0.005).

Conclusions: Cataract surgery using a Toric intraocular lens implant corrects for high degrees of regular corneal astigmatism when performed by residents. It is recommended to use Toric lenses in patients with corneal astigmatism undergoing cataract extraction.

Keywords: 445 cataract • 676 refraction • 428 astigmatism  
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