title: [Cataract extraction through no-sitch small incision combined with intraocular lens implantation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the method and clinical effect of cataract extraction through no-sitch small incision combined with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-three cases of cataract were divided into two groups at random. Cataract extraction combined with IOL implantation through no-sitch small incision was performed on one group, and cataract extraction combined with IOL implantation through conventional large incision was performed on the other group as controls. Follow-up was carried out regularly.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average uncorrected visual acuity of the small incision group at 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year after the operation were significantly higher than those of the conventional large incision group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The small incision of cataract surgery results in a rapid and better rehabilitation of visual acuity. It needs no expensive instruments, costs less, and is suitable to be popularized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Xue-liang
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013537:Sutures; D014792:Visual Acuity