"Astigmatism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Unequal curvature of the refractive surfaces of the eye. Thus a point source of light cannot be brought to a point focus on the retina but is spread over a more or less diffuse area. This results from the radius of curvature in one plane being longer or shorter than the radius at right angles to it. (Dorland, 27th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D001251
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.744.212
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Astigmatism".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Astigmatism" by people in this website by year, and whether "Astigmatism" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Astigmatism" by people in Profiles.
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Standards for analyzing astigmatic outcomes: Part II: Recommended statistical methods. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2025 Jun 01; 51(6):447-455.
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Standards for analyzing astigmatic outcomes: Part I: astigmatism basics. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2025 Jun 01; 51(6):440-446.
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Evaluating the small aperture intraocular lens: depth of focus and the role of refraction and preoperative corneal astigmatism in visual performance. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2024 Nov 01; 50(11):1165-1172.
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Suboptimal visual outcome after femto-LASIK ablation in a high myopic patient. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2024 04 01; 50(4):430-435.
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Reply : Outcomes of peripheral corneal relaxing incisions for residual astigmatism in patients after cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2024 01 01; 50(1):104.
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Characteristics of surgically induced astigmatism after standardized microincisional cataract surgery with a superior limbal incision. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2023 10 01; 49(10):1025-1035.
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Wrap-up R functions for statistical analysis of spherical equivalent and astigmatic prediction errors. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2023 08 01; 49(8):890-891.
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Outcomes of peripheral corneal relaxing incisions for residual astigmatism in patients after cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2023 08 01; 49(8):812-817.
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Astigmatism Profile in a Large Series of Brazilian Patients. J Refract Surg. 2023 Jan; 39(1):56-60.
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Comparison of accuracy of a toric calculator with predicted vs measured posterior corneal astigmatism. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2023 01 01; 49(1):29-33.