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com) shows that the IOL can be
rotated 20 degrees clockwise to yield
a predicted result of plano +1.00 x
164. Once again, these IOLs can be
fairly scarred into the bag, but it
might be worth a try just to rotate
the IOL. If the right eye result is
somewhat difficult. Her topogra-
phy and history are consistent with
KCN, so corneal ablative options are
not at the top of my list. In the right
eye she has only a small hyperopic
spherical error and placement of a
piggyback sulcus IOL may be the
easiest fix. I would operate on the
right eye first. In my opinion, STAAR
Surgical has the best low powered
sulcus lens available in the U.S.
"For the the left eye the website
by John Berdahl, MD, and David
Hardten, MD (www.astigmatismfix.
Dr. McKee commented: "This
patient has a bilateral residual
refractive error after toric IOL im-
plantation. She is 1 year out from
surgery. The Alcon 1-piece acrylic
IOLs can very get scarred into the
bag, making reposition or exchange
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Figure 3: The Berdahl/Hardten toric IOL calculator results for rotation of the toric IOL in
this patient's OS
Figure 4: Barrett IOL calculator results for this patient's OS