Surgical correction of astigmatism by microwedge resection of the limbus.
This paper presents a preliminary report on an approach to the surgical correction of corneal astigmatism, ie, the microwedge resection of the cornea, analyzes the quantitative aspects of the surgical treatment, and describes the Jensen double-bladed microsurgical knife designed for making calibrated-uniform microsurgical wedge resections of the cornea. This technique makes correction of even small increments of corneal astigmatism possible.
D001251:Astigmatism / Q000601:surgery*; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000295:instrumentation