toric toolbox: Building skills and strategies to surgically manage astigmatism
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CME questions (circle the correct answer)
1. With time, astigmatism ___________________
a. Drifts with the rule
b. Drifts against the rule
c. Remains the same
d. All of the above
2. Which factor has been shown to predict postoperative IOL tilt?
a. Corneal topography dropout
b. Posterior astigmatism
c. Preoperative crystalline lens tilt
d. Epithelial basement membrane dystrophy
3. At the bedside or slit lamp, how should patients be positioned during preoperative manual marking?
a. Upright
b. Supine
c. With the head tilted
d. Either A or B
4. Which of the following was described to be useful when aligning the toric IOL in patients who had previous refractive surgery?
a. Aberrometry
b. Astigmatismfix.com
c. Ocular surface disease treatment
d. Triplanar incisions
5. Depending on the cause, what is a potential way to correct postoperative astigmatism after implantation of a toric intraocular lens?
a. Lens rotation
b. Lens replacement
c. Laser vision correction
d. All of the above
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