title: No-stitch cataract surgery: 1 year experience.
abstract: Hundred and fifty-three planned no-stitch cataract operations with follow-up between 1 and 12 months are reviewed. After a scleral step-incision, a bimanual phacofragmentation technique is done, with implantation of an oval lens in PMMA (5.0 by 6.0 mm). The patient selection is reviewed. The visual results are very good: little induced astigmatism, faster visual recovery and more stable refraction. Two cases of incarceration of the iris are described: one of the first cases, and another one through the small corneal side-opening. We conclude that the wound healing in correctly done sutureless surgery is obtained faster and safer than in the more "classic" cataract surgery.
authors.affiliation: Jan Van Rijswijcklaan, Antwerpen, Belgium.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Van Horenbeeck
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Van Horenbeeck
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007499:Iris Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011391:Prolapse; D013537:Sutures