modern ophthalmologic practice has developed multiple methods to treat astigmatism at both the corneal and the lenticular level. Pathophysiologically, astigmatism results from asymmetry ...

Most people are born with astigmatism. Usually, it's either because their cornea — the clear window in front of the eye — is more oval than round or their lenticular lens — is overly curved.

In a country where the shortage of donor corneas often stands between a patient and restored vision, an innovative eye ...

When conducting IOL power calculation, tear film instability significantly influences various measurements of corneal ...

Nearsightedness is clearly seeing objects up close, while objects in the distance are blurry. The opposite is true of ...

In a cohort of 21,655 children ages 6 to 8 years, the prevalence rate of refractive astigmatism of at least 1.0 diopter (D) increased from 21.4% in 2015 to 34.7% in 2022-2023, and corneal ...

Researchers uncover corneal changes in multiple myeloma patients treated with belantamab mafodotin, revealing potential ...

Patients with astigmatism above 1.5 D or against-the-rule astigmatism had significantly less residual astigmatism with toric ...

The main confirmed advantages of MICS are the control and avoidance of surgically induced corneal astigmatism and the decrease of postoperative corneal aberrations. MICS has been demonstrated to ...

Keratoconus patients often go through multiple stages of treatment. Procedures such as Holcomb C3-R® or Intacs® are designed to stabilize and reshape the cornea. Even with those interventions, some ...