Comparative study of post-operative astigmatism following phacoemulsification with sutured versus un-sutured wound

Purpose: to compare frequency of post-operative astigmatism in patients undergoing sutured and unsutured anterior limbal incision in phacoemulsification material and method: 120 patients for study were admitted from outpatient department. an informed consent was obtained and patients were divided in two groups a & b by random sampling. phacoemulsifcation was done,with one stitch applied in group a while no stitch in group b. removal of stitch was done at 3rd post operative week. follow up visits was done at 6th post operative week. k readings were taken with keratometer and were recorded on a proforma. results: surgically induced astigmatism (sia) in group a was 73.3% and in group b was 11.7% in total of 120 patients with 60 patients in each group. the p value was less than 0.005 and by conventional criteria; this difference is considered to be statistically significant. . conclusion: surgically induced astigmatism is more common in phacoemulcification when suture is applied for wound closure.