Small incision cataract surgery and its associations with astigmatism

Aim: to assess the magnitude of astigmatism after small incision surgery with intra ocular lens implantation. methods: this study was done in islam medical college and teaching hospital sialkot. totalnumber of patients included in this study was 50 which include 30 males and 20 females and their mean age was recorded 56.8 years. exclusion criteria for this study were no systemic and ocular disease except age related cataract. results: the common post operative complications were corneal oedema 16% of patients,anterior uveitis 10%,residual lens matter 6%,hyphaema 4% and surgically induced astigmatism was in the range of 0.5-3.0 d (1.45d mean) with good visual results of 6/6-6/9 90% after 6 weeks of follow up. conclusion: suture less small incision cataract surgery (sics) is cost effective and cheaper technique without expensive phacoemulsification machine which involves difficult tubing sterilization.sutureless quick healing and rehabilitation with good visual results due to minimal astigmatism as compared to classic cataract extraction by extra capsular method.