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2. Alpins method - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] [3] The Alpins Method is also used to plan cataract/toric intraocular lens (IOL) surgical procedures. [4] The Alpins Method uses vector mathematics to determine a goal for astigmatism correction and analyze factors involved if treatment fails to reach that goal. The method can also be used to refine surgical techniques or correct laser ...

3. Limbal relaxing incisions - Wikipedia

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   Limbal relaxing incisions (LRI) are a refractive surgical procedure to correct minor astigmatism in the eye. Incisions part way through the cornea are made at one side or at opposite edges of the cornea, following the curve of the iris, causing a slight flattening of the cornea in that area. [1]

4. Refractive surgery - Wikipedia

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   Refractive surgery is an optional eye surgery used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease or eliminate dependency on glasses or contact lenses.This can include various methods of surgical remodeling of the cornea (keratomileusis), lens implantation or lens replacement.

5. Intraocular lens - Wikipedia

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   A toric IOL is a type of toric lens used to correct preexisting corneal astigmatism at the time of cataract surgery. [20] Astigmatism can also be treated with limbal relaxing incisions or an excimer laser procedure. [21] [22] About 40% of Americans have significant astigmatism and thus may be candidates for a toric IOL. [22]

6. Eye surgery - Wikipedia

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   Cataract surgery, using a temporal approach phacoemulsification probe (in right hand) and "chopper" (in left hand) being done under operating microscope at a Navy medical center A cataract is an opacification or cloudiness of the eye's crystalline lens due to aging, disease, or trauma that typically prevents light from forming a clear image on ...

7. What to Expect at Cataract Surgery - AOL

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   Roughly 25 million Americans have cataracts, and more than half of people age 80 and above either currently have them or have had cataract surgery, per the U.S. National Institutes of Health ...