[Limbal relaxing incision or the more curved meridian incision associated to phacoemulsification with multifocal intraocular lens implant: three case reports].
The use of multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) is a great advance in the treatment of patients with cataract allowing near and distance uncorrected visual acuity recovery. However patients with some degrees of corneal astigmatism have some limitations. We present 3 cases that were indicated for phacoemulsitfication and multifocal intraocular lens implant (AcrySof Restor, Alcon Labs) after limbal relaxing incision (LRI) in the dominant eye and axis topographic incision in the fellow eye. There was no similar case report in the literature. It is believed that this association can extend the indications for multifocal intraocular lens implants in patients with significant corneal astigmatism and this possibility should be confirmed by future studies.
Hida
Wilson Takashi
WT
Departamento de Oftalmologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. witaks@yahoo.com.br
Motta
Antonio Francisco Pimenta
AF
Inomata
Daniela Lumi
DL
Jales
Martha de Queiroz Monteiro
Mde Q
Facio Júnior
Antonio Carlos
AC
José Júnior
Newton Kara
NK
Nakano
Celso Takashi
CT
D000368:Aged; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000473:pathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D019781:Corneal Topography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D016850:Limbus Corneae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*