2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
13 Refractive Surgery
Chapter 8: Intraocular Refractive Surgery
Toric Intraocular Lenses
Outcomes
In clinical trials of a 1-piece acrylic toric IOL, data provided by the FDA indicated uncorrected acuity of greater than 20/40 in 93.8% of 198 patients implanted with the IOL (all sizes combined). With the plate-haptic IOL, postoperative astigmatism was less than 0.50 D in 48% of patients and less than 1.00 D in 75%–81% of patients; results were 61.6% and 87.7%, respectively, for the 1-piece acrylic toric IOL.
For those patients with corneal astigmatism greater than that correctable by toric IOLs, surgeons may opt to simultaneously or sequentially correct residual astigmatism with incisional or laser procedures.
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Lane SS, Ernest P, Miller KM, Hileman KS, Harris B, Waycaster CR. Comparison of clinical and patient-reported outcomes with bilateral AcrySof toric or spherical control intraocular lenses. J Refract Surg. 2009;25(10):899–901.
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series: Section 13 - Refractive Surgery. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.