文摘
Traditionally when determining a patient’s astigmatism, only the curvature of the anterior cornea was measured. This was due to the relative ease of anterior measurement and assumptions that the posterior cornea did not play a significant role in refraction. However, new technologies have been developed to measure the posterior corneal curvature, and outcome data have shown that including the posterior curvature in toric IOL power calculations reduces residual astigmatic error. Understanding the contribution of the posterior cornea to a patient’s astigmatism is a key in order to provide the best care and refractive outcomes.