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Corneal astigmatism

MedGen UID:
573307
•Concept ID:
C0339682
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Astigmatism, Corneal; Corneal Astigmatism
SNOMED CT: Corneal astigmatism (232136008); Regular astigmatism - corneal (232136008)
 
HPO: HP:0025612

Definition

A type of refractive error related abnormal curvatures on the anterior or posterior surface of the cornea. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCorneal astigmatism

Conditions with this feature

Ring dermoid of cornea
MedGen UID:
357922
•Concept ID:
C1867155
•
Disease or Syndrome
Ring dermoid of cornea (RDC) is an autosomal dominant condition characterized by bilateral annular limbal dermoids with corneal and conjunctival extension (summary by Xia et al., 2004).
See: Condition Record
Ring dermoid of cornea

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Contact lenses for the treatment of ocular surface diseases.
Sharma N, Sah R, Priyadarshini K, Titiyal JS
Indian J Ophthalmol 2023 Apr;71(4):1135-1141. doi: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_17_23. PMID: 37026245Free PMC Article
Do evidence-based guidelines change clinical practice patterns?
Kessel L, Erngaard D, Flesner P, Andresen J, Hjortdal J
Acta Ophthalmol 2017 Jun;95(4):337-343. Epub 2016 Dec 14 doi: 10.1111/aos.13314. PMID: 27966271
Management of postkeratoplasty astigmatism.
Riddle HK Jr, Parker DA, Price FW Jr
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 1998 Aug;9(4):15-28. doi: 10.1097/00055735-199808000-00004. PMID: 10387463

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Posterior Corneal Astigmatism Does Not Influence Manifest-Treated Topography-guided LASIK Outcomes.
Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Bernstein A, Qi SR, Cohen M
J Refract Surg 2022 Dec;38(12):780-790. Epub 2022 Dec 1 doi: 10.3928/1081597X-20221108-01. PMID: 36476302
Leftover Astigmatism: The Missing Link Between Measured and Calculated Posterior Corneal Astigmatism.
Goggin M, LaHood BR, Roggia MF, Chen TS, Beheregaray S, Esterman A
J Refract Surg 2022 Sep;38(9):559-564. Epub 2022 Sep 1 doi: 10.3928/1081597X-20220623-02. PMID: 36098395
Comparison of Total Corneal Astigmatism between IOLMaster and Pentacam.
Li X, Cao X, Bao Y
Biomed Res Int 2022;2022:9236006. Epub 2022 Jul 8 doi: 10.1155/2022/9236006. PMID: 35845936Free PMC Article
Measuring corneal astigmatism using OCT in keratoconus.
Llorens-Quintana C, Lee DJ, Pavlatos E, Chamberlain W, Huang D, Li Y
J Cataract Refract Surg 2022 Nov 1;48(11):1285-1291. doi: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000977. PMID: 35616503Free PMC Article
Measured Corneal Astigmatism Versus Pseudophakic Predicted Refractive Astigmatism in Cataract Surgery Candidates.
Abulafia A, Barrett GD, Porat-Rein A, Tsessler M, Zadok D, Kan-Tor Y, Mourits MP, Lapid-Gortzak R
Am J Ophthalmol 2022 Aug;240:225-231. Epub 2022 Mar 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2022.02.029. PMID: 35288068

Diagnosis

Astigmatism Management with Intraocular Lens Surgery.
Keshav V, Henderson BA
Ophthalmology 2021 Nov;128(11):e153-e163. Epub 2020 Aug 13 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.08.011. PMID: 32798525
A review of corneal imaging methods for the early diagnosis of pre-clinical Keratoconus.
Masiwa LE, Moodley V
J Optom 2020 Oct-Dec;13(4):269-275. Epub 2020 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.optom.2019.11.001. PMID: 31917136Free PMC Article
Terrien marginal degeneration.
Ding Y, Murri MS, Birdsong OC, Ronquillo Y, Moshirfar M
Surv Ophthalmol 2019 Mar-Apr;64(2):162-174. Epub 2018 Oct 12 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2018.09.004. PMID: 30316804
Astigmatism evaluation prior to cataract surgery.
Gupta PC, Caty JT
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2018 Jan;29(1):9-13. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000446. PMID: 29084004
Posterior corneal astigmatism.
Kohnen T
J Cataract Refract Surg 2013 Dec;39(12):1795. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.10.017. PMID: 24286837

Therapy

Distribution and internal correlations of corneal astigmatism in cataract patients.
Jiang Y, Qin Y, Bu S, Zhang H, Zhang X, Tian F
Sci Rep 2021 Jun 1;11(1):11514. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91028-2. PMID: 34075156Free PMC Article
Optimizing outcomes with toric intraocular lenses.
Kaur M, Shaikh F, Falera R, Titiyal JS
Indian J Ophthalmol 2017 Dec;65(12):1301-1313. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_810_17. PMID: 29208810Free PMC Article
Intracorneal Ring Segments Implantation for Corneal Ectasia.
Giacomin NT, Mello GR, Medeiros CS, Kiliç A, Serpe CC, Almeida HG, Kara-Junior N, Santhiago MR
J Refract Surg 2016 Dec 1;32(12):829-839. doi: 10.3928/1081597X-20160822-01. PMID: 27930793
A year of cornea in review: 2013.
Arbelaez JG, Feng MT, Pena TJ, Price MO, Price FW Jr
Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila) 2015 Jan-Feb;4(1):40-50. doi: 10.1097/APO.0000000000000110. PMID: 26068612
Management of postkeratoplasty astigmatism.
Riddle HK Jr, Parker DA, Price FW Jr
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 1998 Aug;9(4):15-28. doi: 10.1097/00055735-199808000-00004. PMID: 10387463

Prognosis

Update on overview of pterygium and its surgical management.
Akbari M
J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol 2022;29(4):e30-e45. Epub 2022 Nov 9 doi: 10.47750/jptcp.2022.968. PMID: 36371649
Measured Corneal Astigmatism Versus Pseudophakic Predicted Refractive Astigmatism in Cataract Surgery Candidates.
Abulafia A, Barrett GD, Porat-Rein A, Tsessler M, Zadok D, Kan-Tor Y, Mourits MP, Lapid-Gortzak R
Am J Ophthalmol 2022 Aug;240:225-231. Epub 2022 Mar 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2022.02.029. PMID: 35288068
Astigmatism Management with Intraocular Lens Surgery.
Keshav V, Henderson BA
Ophthalmology 2021 Nov;128(11):e153-e163. Epub 2020 Aug 13 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.08.011. PMID: 32798525
A review of corneal imaging methods for the early diagnosis of pre-clinical Keratoconus.
Masiwa LE, Moodley V
J Optom 2020 Oct-Dec;13(4):269-275. Epub 2020 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.optom.2019.11.001. PMID: 31917136Free PMC Article
Astigmatism evaluation prior to cataract surgery.
Gupta PC, Caty JT
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2018 Jan;29(1):9-13. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000446. PMID: 29084004

Clinical prediction guides

Measuring corneal astigmatism using OCT in keratoconus.
Llorens-Quintana C, Lee DJ, Pavlatos E, Chamberlain W, Huang D, Li Y
J Cataract Refract Surg 2022 Nov 1;48(11):1285-1291. doi: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000977. PMID: 35616503Free PMC Article
Measured Corneal Astigmatism Versus Pseudophakic Predicted Refractive Astigmatism in Cataract Surgery Candidates.
Abulafia A, Barrett GD, Porat-Rein A, Tsessler M, Zadok D, Kan-Tor Y, Mourits MP, Lapid-Gortzak R
Am J Ophthalmol 2022 Aug;240:225-231. Epub 2022 Mar 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2022.02.029. PMID: 35288068
Astigmatism Management with Intraocular Lens Surgery.
Keshav V, Henderson BA
Ophthalmology 2021 Nov;128(11):e153-e163. Epub 2020 Aug 13 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.08.011. PMID: 32798525
A review of corneal imaging methods for the early diagnosis of pre-clinical Keratoconus.
Masiwa LE, Moodley V
J Optom 2020 Oct-Dec;13(4):269-275. Epub 2020 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.optom.2019.11.001. PMID: 31917136Free PMC Article
Astigmatism evaluation prior to cataract surgery.
Gupta PC, Caty JT
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2018 Jan;29(1):9-13. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000446. PMID: 29084004

Recent systematic reviews

Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty: Surgical Techniques and Results-Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Rodrigues C, Carvalho F, Marques M
Aesthetic Plast Surg 2023 Oct;47(5):1870-1883. Epub 2023 Jul 10 doi: 10.1007/s00266-023-03436-6. PMID: 37430010Free PMC Article
Cataract surgery astigmatism incisional management. Manual relaxing incision versus femtosecond laser-assisted arcuate keratotomy. A systematic review.
González-Cruces T, Cano-Ortiz A, Sánchez-González MC, Sánchez-González JM
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2022 Nov;260(11):3437-3452. Epub 2022 Jun 17 doi: 10.1007/s00417-022-05728-0. PMID: 35713710
Toric Intraocular Lenses in the Correction of Astigmatism During Cataract Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Kessel L, Andresen J, Tendal B, Erngaard D, Flesner P, Hjortdal J
Ophthalmology 2016 Feb;123(2):275-286. Epub 2015 Nov 18 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.10.002. PMID: 26601819
The location of incision in cataract surgery and its impact on induced astigmatism.
Hashemi H, Khabazkhoob M, Soroush S, Shariati R, Miraftab M, Yekta A
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2016 Jan;27(1):58-64. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000223. PMID: 26569524
A year of cornea in review: 2013.
Arbelaez JG, Feng MT, Pena TJ, Price MO, Price FW Jr
Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila) 2015 Jan-Feb;4(1):40-50. doi: 10.1097/APO.0000000000000110. PMID: 26068612

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