Open AccessAnterior stromal puncture with staining: A modified technique for preoperative reference corneal marking for toric lenses and its retrospective analyses
Author(s) -
Sahil Bhandari,
Manas Nath
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.191486
Subject(s) - medicine , chin , ophthalmology , astigmatism , intraocular lenses , slit lamp , cataract surgery , cornea , optometry , surgery , intraocular lens , optics , anatomy , physics
Toric intraocular lenses (IOLs) are an effective way of compensating preexisting corneal astigmatism during cataract surgery. To achieve success, it is imperative to align the toric IOLs in desired position and preoperative reference marking is one among the three important steps for accurate alignment. To make the marking procedure simpler and effective, we have modified the conventional three-step slit lamp-based technique.