title: [Early postoperative corneal astigmatism. Comparison of various suture techniques].
abstract: We compared two suture techniques after phacoemulsification and implantation of a standard PMMA posterior chamber lens with a 7 mm intrascleral lamellar incision: the cross-stitch (double running) suture closure and the one-stitch technique. Two series with 100 patients each were examined. In the early postoperative period the astigmatism induced was 1.9 +/- 1.4 D in the cross-stitch group and 1.5 +/- 1.0 in the one-stitch group (P = 0.01). In the latter group, 20% more of the patients were found to have a moderate amount of astigmatism. Four weeks after surgery, however, there were no differences between the two groups. The induced astigmatism in both groups was 1.0 D.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik, Klinikum Rudolf Virchow, Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wollensak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Drosch
mesh_terms: D001251:Astigmatism / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D009884:Ophthalmodynamometry; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013536:Suture Techniques
vernacular_title: Frühpostoperativer kornealer Astigmatismus. Vergleich verschiedener Nahttechniken.