title: [Cataract operation with the 7 mm clear cornea incision].
abstract: Cataract surgery can be combined with the correction of high preoperative astigmatism by using a corneal tunnel incision in the steep meridian. We examined 37 patients (mean age 70 years) with cataract and a mean preoperative astigmatism of 3.6 D (2.0-4.75 D). A 7-mm clear corneal incision was made for phacoemulsification and thus a reduction in the astigmatism was achieved. The mean induced astigmatism was 3.6 D (SD 1.6 D minium 0.8 D, maximum 7.5 D) on the first postoperative day and 2.7 D (SD 0.9 D, minimum 1.6 D, maximum 4.9 D) after 10 months. By modification of the incision technique with a trapezoidal corneal incision and a single radial suture the wound closure was more stable, but the astigmatic correction did not change significantly compared to the results after the original 7-mm clear corneal incision technique.
authors.affiliation: Augenklinik, Klinikum Rudolf Virchow der Freien Universität, Berlin.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grote
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wollensak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome