Rotational stability of plate-haptic toric intraocular… : Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
randomized, paired-eye study. Methods: Patients with bilateral cataracts and coexisting regular corneal astigmatism were enrolled. The 2 eyes of each patient were randomly assigned to the CTR or non-CTR (NCTR) group. Both eyes of each patient were subjected to phacoemulsification and toric IOL implantation. CTRs were implanted into the eyes of the CTR group. All patients were followed up for 12 months; uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), residual astigmatism (RAS), and rotational degree of the toric IOL were recorded. Results: 186 eyes of 93 patients were eligible for analysis. At each visit, UDVA improved significantly postoperatively in all eyes (P < .001). The mean rotational degree and RAS were significantly smaller in the CTR group at the 2-week visit (P < .05). The toric IOLs achieved rotational stability at 1 week postoperatively in the CTR group while at 2 weeks postoperatively in the NCTR group. In the subgroup analyses, CTR coimplantation significantly reduced the 2-we
