DR. NEERAJ ISRANI

, Dr. SHRUTI KOCHAR MARU, Dr. shreya shah

Abstract

Millennial cataract surgeons have become very ambitious. With the advent of Toric iols cataract surgery has evolved into a refractive surgery. However this makes our job tougher as we have to hit the bulls eye every time. The evolution of topographers and optical biometers have made it quite achievable for us to aim the target however the end result sometimes still remains unpredictable. A big aspect of this depends on the preop axis marking for toric iol alignment. Errors in axis marking have been reduced recently with the array of different toric markers in the market but still we see post operative refractive surprises due to faulty marking. In this video i present to you a novel slit lamp based toric marker innovation : STORM which gives us a hands free approach to a reliable and accurate axis marking on the cornea. The axis marker is a simple modification to our age old marker with the advantage of no touch and slit lamp assistance which will make it error free and easy to use.