title: [Phacoemulsification and foldable intraocular lens implantation through a small sutureless incision].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the therapeutic effects of phacoemulsification and the foldable intraocular lens implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The surgery was performed through a 3.2 mm incision on 72 eyes of 65 patients with senile, complicated, congenital and traumatic cataracts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Post-operatively, the visual acuities with spherical correction or without correction were 0.5 or better in 94.4% at one day, and 1.0 or better in 70.8%, 75.8%, and 76.5% at one week, one month and three months respectively. The mean post-operative astigmatism was 0.89 +/- 0.83 D at one week and 0.73 +/- 0.76 D at one month which was respectively less than that in the control group with a 6.5 mm incision (P < 0.001), but no statistical difference between them at three months (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The foldable intraocular lens implantation through a small sutureless incision could reduce early post-operative astigmatism and shorten the period of visual rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Second Hospital, Zhejiang Medical University, Hangzhou.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014792:Visual Acuity