VARIATION OF ASTIGMATISM BETWEEN TEMPORAL AND SUPERIOR APPROACH IN PHACO SURGERY.

BACKGROUND

Advances of phacoemulsification techniques and surgical equipment, patients satisfaction becomes more difficult to gain because they are expecting perfect results and ideal visual outcome, thus perfection of surgical procedures settled mandatory.

AIM: This research deals with comparison between two incision sites in phacoemulsification surgery and check which of them has more visual outcomes which are temporal and superior entrance sites of the phaco probe.

METHODS

Total of 68 eyes from 59 patients were studied, they grouped into 2 groups; group A (36 eyes temporal style) and group B (32 eyes superior style).

RESULTS

After group B has undergone surgical procedure, the percentage against the rule (ATR) has increased 91% compared to 44% preoperatively compared to reduction to 33% of ATR in group A postoperatively compared to 45%.

CONCLUSION

Phacoemulsion surgery has provided good approach for healing eyes in astigmatism patients. Temporal clear corneal incision has more feasibility and produces less surgically induced astigmatism in comparison to superior corneal scratch.