title: Comparison of postoperative astigmatism with incisions of varying length closed with horizontal sutures and with no sutures.
abstract: Four groups of cataract patients having phacoemulsification with a scleral tunnel incision were studied. Three groups had incision lengths of 5.0, 6.0, and 6.5 mm closed with a single horizontal suture. The fourth group of patients had 5.0 mm incisions without suture closure. We found no statistical difference between these groups in the vector astigmatic changes over a four week period and subsequently over a 6.9 +/- 3.7 week period. The patients in all groups returned to their preoperative astigmatic values within one to two weeks within the statistical significance achieved in this study.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Buzard
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Shearing
mesh_terms: D001251:Astigmatism / Q000209:etiology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014792:Visual Acuity