Cataract surgery in highly hyperopic eyes with short axial lengths and significant corneal astigmatism is technically demanding. The shallower anterior … More
Tag: astigmatism
2303: double toric IOLs in the bag
Our podcast yesterday (the top podcast in all of ophthalmology) featured Dr Robert Weinstock where he described an unusual case … More
1961: review of limbal relaxing incisions
As an ophthalmic surgeon, you promised yourself that you would learn to perform limbal relaxing incisions (LRIs) to help address … More
1750: paired incisions for astigmatism
Doing refractive cataract surgery is becoming the norm with patients desiring correction of refractive errors at the same time as … More
1716: astigmatism in radial keratotomy
For patients with prior radial keratotomy (RK), cataract surgery has to be done differently. These eyes also often have significant … More
1627: follow up from myopia IOL calcs
I trust that you are enjoying our IOL Calc Case Study videos where we go into the details of interesting … More
1592: off-axis incisions and toric IOLs
Your surgically induced astigmatism (SIA) from your standard phaco incision is probably far less predictable than you think. There are … More
1564: on-axis incisions for toric IOLs
In most cases, I like to make the phaco incision on the steep meridian of corneal astigmatism. If the patient … More
1259: OSN NY differing astigmatism
This talk is one of my lectures from the OSN NY 2021 meeting. This is the Ocular Surgery News meeting … More
1251: re-aligning a toric IOL without OVD
Our guest surgeon, Dr Alex Abdo Martins from Brazil, has a very interesting case for us. This patient has a … More
1196: newbie guide for toric IOL success
Using a toric IOL is an important skill for an ophthalmology resident to learn. This video gives pearls for learning … More
1170: sealing of paired phaco incisions
Using paired full-thickness incisions to treat corneal astigmatism is an established technique that has been used for many decades. We … More
1084: toric planning for high astigmatism
Our video today showcases the surgical planning for this patient with a high degree of corneal astigmatism. We will go … More
1069: Playlist: Astigmatism
Cataract surgery is designed to correct the cataract. Refractive cataract surgery is to correct the cataract and also the refractive … More
Double Phaco Incisions to fix Astigmatism
double phaco incisions for treatment of astigmatism
Incisional Techniques for Astigmatism
Cataract surgery can be our most powerful refractive surgery procedure, correcting high degrees of myopia, hyperopia, and even astigmatism (with … More