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LRIs good option for pre-existing astigmatism in phaco surgery
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Perfecting refractive results
Cataract surgery or RLE patients benefit with up to 3 D of astigmatism correction
Reviewed by Louis D. "Skip" Nichamin, MD
Dorado, Puerto Rico-Cataract surgeons should learn how to perform limbal peripheral arcuate astigmatic relaxing incisions (LRIs), a good approach for correcting pre-existing astigmatism in patients undergoing cataract surgery or refractive lens exchange (RLE) at the time of surgery, according to Louis D. "Skip" Nichamin, ...
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