title: Corneal astigmatism. The effect of transverse corneal incisions.
abstract: The results of transverse or combined transverse and radial keratotomy in eyes with idiopathic corneal astigmatism (N = 11), astigmatism+myopia (N = 9) or early stages of keratoconus (N = 6) are presented. The corneal astigmatism was reduced in all our patients, the absolute reduction being significantly correlated to the degree of preoperative astigmatism (p = 0.007). In the whole study group the mean relative reduction of the corneal astigmatism was 52.7%. In eyes without keratoconus the astigmatism recorded at the last follow-up visit was very similar to that measured a few days after surgery, while greater changes occurred in the keratoconus group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Høvding
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003315:Cornea / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007640:Keratoconus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D007646:Keratotomy, Radial; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity