Traditional cataract surgery was performed through an incision around 12 mm or 0.5 inch wide. Before surgical microscopes and fine sutures were available, the eye was bandaged after cataract surgery.
Peripheral corneal-relaxing incisions can be used to treat 1–3 D of corneal astigmatism. These incisions are known as limbal relaxing incisions in the older literature. The risks associated with ...
the rule of the dominant incision to diminish the corneal astigmatism is followed. [22] Table 1. Comparison of changes in corneal biomechanics after cataract surgery in the microincision cataract ...
Unlike traditional cataract surgery, which relies on manual incisions and ultrasonic tools, laser cataract surgery uses high-tech laser systems to perform many steps of the procedure, says Dello ...