Refractive results after phacoemulsification and ECCE
Refractive results after phacoemulsification and ECCE is a scholarly work, published in 1993 in ''Acta ophthalmologica''. The main subjects of the publication include medicine, astigmatism, ophthalmology, myopia, surgery, phacoemulsification, and cataract surgery. ABSTRACT The refractive results were evaluated in 79 patients undergoing cataract extraction by phacoemulsification using a 6–7 nun tunnel incision, and compared with a group of 77 patients undergoing planned extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) by the same surgeon A mean increase in the keratometric cylinder of 005 D and 052 D was found in the phacoemulsification and the extracapsular cataract extraction group, respectively This was significantly different from zero for the extracapsular cataract extraction group (p<005) but not for the phacoemulsification group (p>005) By vector analysis, the mean surgically induced astigmatism was 091D and 136D in the phacoemulsification and the extracapsular cataract extraction group, respectively (p<001) The IOL power prediction error (spectacle plane) was found to be 017D (±069SD) in the phacoemulsification group and 002D (±079SD) in the extracapsular cataract extraction group, respectively We conclude that phacoemulsification improves the surgical control bf the refractive outcome of cataract surgery.