title: [A preliminary report of small incision cataract surgery by phacoemulsification].
abstract: The results of 34 cases with cataract extracted by phacoemulsification were preliminarily reported. Postoperatively, they achieved corrected visual acuities > 1.0 in 24 eyes (70.59%) in one week and in 25 eyes (73.53%) after 3 months. The post-operative astigmatism showed a tendency of change from with-the-rule shifting to against-the-rule. The rate of the corneal endothelial cell loss was 13.28%. No severe intra- and post-operative complications were found. It is concluded that the small incision, slight post-operative reaction and fast visual rehabilitation inherent in phacoemulsification procedures are more beneficial to patients than the conventional extracapsular cataract extraction.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ophthalmology, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014792:Visual Acuity