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ABSTRACT: Thirteen patients with moderate to large amounts of astigmatism after penetrating keratoplasty underwent one of two 1orm of relaxing incision described first by Ruiz. Five patients were treated with the trapezoidal incision paitem and eight patients were treated with the newer rectangular incision pattern, both with variable incision length. The average preoperative astigmatism was 7. 03 ± 2. 64 with an average reduction in cylinder of 6. 12 ± 3. 50. Complications included microperforation in five cases due to variable graft/host thickness.
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