Ruiz Procedure for Post-Keratoplasty Astigmatism

Autor:	David H Haight, Richard C Troutman, Kurt A Buzard
Rok vydání:	1987
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Refractive error business.industry Eye disease Astigmatism medicine.disease Surgery Ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure Cornea medicine business
Zdroj:	Journal of Refractive Surgery. 3:40-45
ISSN:	1081-597X
DOI:	10.3928/1081-597x-19870301-03
Popis:	Thirteen patients with moderate to large amounts of astigmatism after penetrating keratoplasty underwent one of two 1orm$ of relaxing incision described first by Ruiz. Five patients were treated with the trapezoidal incision paitem and eight patients were treated with the newer rectangular incision pattern, both with variable incision length. The average preoperative astigmatism was 7.03 ± 2.64 with an average reduction in cylinder of 6.12 ± 3.50. Complications included microperforation in five cases due to variable graft/host thickness.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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