ASTIGMATISM AND THE TORIC INTRAOCULAR-LENS AND OTHER VERTEX DISTANCE EFFECTS

Authors
NOVIS C
Citation
C. Novis, ASTIGMATISM AND THE TORIC INTRAOCULAR-LENS AND OTHER VERTEX DISTANCE EFFECTS, Survey of ophthalmology, 42(3), 1997, pp. 268-270
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Survey of ophthalmology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396257
Volume
42
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
268 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6257(1997)42:3<268:AATTIA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
An intraocular lens with a given cylindrical power will correct a vari able amount of cylinder at the spectacle plane. This variability depen ds not only on the vertex distance but also on the degree of ametropia . The amount of spectacle cylinder corrected will be more for myopes a nd less For hyperopes. Anterior corneal cylinder (as determined br the keratometer) is a more reliable way of estimating the cylinder needed at the intraocular lens plane. (C) 1997 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.