Early postoperative astigmatism in 2-mm manual small incision cataract surgery with phacofracture.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

India's cataract surgery rate has been hovering around a creditable 6000 per million population but the coverage is variable across the geography and demography with sharp urban rural divide. Smaller incisions in manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) with phacofracture have been credited with lower astigmatism and faster recovery, which is especially useful for patients traveling for surgeries.

Methods

In this retrospective chart analysis based observational study of 66 eyes, we describe the early postoperative results with 2 mm MSICS with phacofracture.

Results

The mean spherical equivalent of the autorefractor measured astigmatic error changed marginally to -0.51 diopters (SD = 0.58) from -0.44 diopters (SD = 0.42) (t = -8.410, P = 0.0) translating

SUBMITTER: Sahu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9359277 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature