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Comparison of small-incision phacoemulsification with standard extracapsular cataract surgery: Postoperative astigmatism and visual recovery

Eye volume 6, pages 626–629 (1992)Cite this article

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A prospective study compared post-operative astigmatism and visual acuity (corrected and uncorrected) following phacoem unification and extracapsular surgery. Fifty eyes had implantation of a 7 mm diameter optic intraocular lens (IOL) following conventional extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) with a 10 mm corneal incision. Forty-seven eyes were implanted with a 5×6 mm optic IOL through a 5 mm scleral incision after phacoemulsification. Uncorrected visual acuity of 6/9 or better was achieved in 25% of eyes on the first day following phacoemulsification, 36% at 1 week and 57% at 12 weeks. These results (and also the best corrected acuity) were significantly better than those following ECCE. Less astigmatism was induced by phacoemulsification than extracapsular surgery, measured at all post-operative time intervals.

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    Allan Watson & Palaniswamy Sunderraj

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Watson, A., Sunderraj, P. Comparison of small-incision phacoemulsification with standard extracapsular cataract surgery: Postoperative astigmatism and visual recovery. Eye 6, 626–629 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1992.135

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Keywords

  • Astigmatism
  • Extracapsular cataract surgery
  • Intraocular lens
  • Keratometric cylinder
  • Phacoemulsification
  • Small-incision cataract surgery
  • Visual acuity

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