purpose: to evaluate the effectiveness of limbal relaxing incision (lri) during phacoemulsification for correcting pre-existing corneal astigmatism. methods: the study included 21 eyes of 21 patients undergoing phacoemulsification combined with lri and 36 eyes of 36 patients undergoing phacoemulsification without lri as controls. lri was created according to a nomorgram based on preoperative as...

BACKGROUND Although many precautions have been introduced into early burn management, post burn contractures are still significant problems in burn patients. In this study, a form of Z-plasty in combination with relaxing incision was used for the correction of contractures. METHODS Preoperatively, a Z-advancement rotation flap combined with a relaxing incision was drawn on the contracture lin...

PURPOSE To report the outcomes of a simple and effective office-based procedure for the correction of astigmatism after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). METHODS This study enrolled 24 consecutive keratoconic eyes that developed an intolerable amount of graft astigmatism after DALK. The location and extension of steep semi-meridians were determined using corneal topography. Office-b...

purpose: evaluate the effect of relaxing incision and adjustment sutures to correct astigmatism after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) in patients with keratoconus. materials and methods: this interventional case series included keratoconic eyes undergoing graft refractive surgery (grs) for intolerable post-dalk astigmatism. the technique of graft refractive surgery for the 5 initial ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the effectiveness and safety of corneal relaxing incisions (CRI) in correcting keratometric astigmatism during cataract surgery. METHODS A prospective study of two groups: control group and treatment group. A treatment group included 25 eyes of 25 patients who had combined clear corneal phacoemulsification, IOL implantation and CRI. A control group included 25 eyes of 25 ...

.................................. Purpose: To determine the difference in mean post-operative astigmatism of patients having limbal relaxing incisions with phacoemulsification as compared to phacoemulsification alone for the correction of pre-existing corneal astigmatism. Material and Methods: This study was conducted in the Civil Hospital Karachi Eye Unit II, from 1 st December 2009 1 st Dece...