title: [The impact of incisional dimensions on the surgically induced astigmatism].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study reveals the incision's dimension impact on the the values of the postoperative induced astigmatism after cataract phacoemulsification surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study involved 648 patients who have suffered cataract surgery by phacoemulsification.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The postoperative induced astigmatism has lower values as the incision's dimension is lower The astigmatism takes place after cataracts with hard nucleus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The microincisions used in cataract surgery allow the obtaining of lower values of the postoperative induced astigmatism. The nucleus's hardness has an influence over the values of the postoperative induced astigmatism.
authors.affiliation: Oftalmologie, S.C.B.I. Cluj, Romania. sorin_macarie@yahoo.com sorin_macarie@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Macarie
authors.forename: Daniel Mariana
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Macarie
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D011184:Postoperative Period; D057234:Preoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity