Effectiveness and Safety of Limbal Relaxing Incisions for Correcting Post Phacoemulsification High Astigmatism

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Enrollment

30

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 1, 2025

Primary Completion Date

May 1, 2026

Study Completion Date

June 1, 2026

Conditions
AstigmatismPhacoemulsification
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Limbal relaxing incisions

A fixed depth diamond-guarded knife (Gemcision LRI 600 Microns Blade, Katalyst Surgical, chesterfield, MO, USA) will be used to create a paired circumferential corneal incision, following the limbal curvature, 1-1.5mm anterior to the limbus centered on the steep corneal meridian. The incision arc length will be ninety degree according to the Nichamin Age and Pachymetry Adjusted (NAPA) nomogram.

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Assiut University

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