Dr. Colby answers the question: 'What Are Toric Contact Lenses?' Aug. 24, 2009— -- Question: What are toric contact lenses, when are they used and what are the risks/benefits of using them?

To report visual and refractive outcomes, and endothelial cell loss following primary and secondary ‘piggyback’ toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in patients with high post-penetrating ...

Background: To evaluate the rotational stability of the three types of AcrySof SA60TT toric intraocular lenses (Alcon, Switzerland) in cataract surgery after the first postoperative week. Methods: A ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved Abbott's Tecnis Toric 1-piece intraocular lens (IOL) to treat preexisting astigmatism in patients with cataract. The blurry vision of ...

Amid growing reports of eye problems ranging from blurry vision to torn corneas, federal health officials are threatening to issue a public warning about recalled contact lenses manufactured by ...

NEW YORK — A new generation of toric IOLs now offers more precise correction for regular astigmatism because of sophisticated vector analysis software, which refines IOL power calculations and ...

I've been wearing yearly toric lenses for a while now, and I'm just starting to try to change over to 2-week ones. A complaint that I had about my old lenses was that I often didn't see perfectly ...

Over the years, one of the most frustrating soft contact lens patients I’ve had to deal with is the low myope with low astigmatism. I would classify these patients as “not quite” patients. Everything ...

April 28, 2005 Disposable contact lens specialist Vistakon has announced the availability of the first silicone hydrogel daily wear contact lens for individuals with astigmatism, a common vision ...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that the TECNIS ® Toric 1-Piece intraocular lens (IOL) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...