Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv für klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie
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Graefes Arch. Clin. Exp. Ophthalmol. · Jul 2010
Comparative StudyLimbal relaxing incision during cataract extraction versus photoastigmatic keratectomy after cataract extraction in controlling pre-existing corneal astigmatism.
The techniques of limbal relaxing incision (LRI) and photoastigmatic keratectomy (PAK) are both effective methods for correcting pre-existing astigmatism with cataract extraction, but no previous study has directly compared them. ⋯ PAK is more effective than LRI in the control of pre-existing manifest astigmatism. LRI causes less accentuation of the spherical HOAs than PAK.