title: The Stabilization Time of Ocular Measurements after Cataract Surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the stabilization time of automated refraction, ocular biometric parameters, keratometry, and central corneal thickness (CCT) and to find the optimal time for glasses' prescription after cataract surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a prospective, case series study of 62 consecutive eyes with senile cataracts. Patients undergoing uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery were included in the study. Automated refraction, keratometry, ocular biometric parameters, and CCT were recorded at baseline before cataract surgery and at follow-up visits at one day, one week, two weeks, and four weeks after surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study was composed of 62 eyes of 62 patients with a mean age of 66±12.38 (range, 40 to 84 years). The automated refraction stabilized one week after surgery and changed minimally between the first week and the first month after cataract surgery. The stabilization of average keratometric corneal astigmatism in keratometry, average anterior chamber depth, and CCT was achieved after the second postsurgical week.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It may be possible to prescribe glasses starting from two weeks after an uneventful phacoemulsification cataract surgery for most patients.
authors.affiliation: a Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine , Hitit University , Corum , Turkey.
authors.forename: Cagatay
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caglar
authors.affiliation: b Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine , Yuzuncu Yil University , Van , Turkey.
authors.forename: Muhammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Batur
authors.affiliation: c Ophthalmology Clinic , Canakkale State Hospital , Canakkale , Turkey.
authors.forename: Eray
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eser
authors.affiliation: b Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine , Yuzuncu Yil University , Van , Turkey.
authors.forename: Habip
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.affiliation: b Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine , Yuzuncu Yil University , Van , Turkey.
authors.forename: Tekin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yaşar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D019781:Corneal Topography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014945:Wound Healing
keywords: Automated refraction; cataract; central corneal thickness; keratometry; ocular biometric parameters