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This research aims to assess the early postoperative visual and refractive outcomes of a 3.25 mm clear corneal incision in cataract surgery.

Prospective evaluation of early visual and refractive effects with small clear corneal incision for cataract surgery

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Randomized trial evaluates early visual and refractive outcomes in cataract surgery, indicating effective incision strategy.

This research aims to assess the early postoperative visual and refractive outcomes of a 3.25 mm clear corneal incision in cataract surgery.
Prospective evaluation of 50 consecutive patients undergoing clear corneal phacoemulsification.
Visual acuity and refraction were measured at multiple time points: 30 minutes, 1 day, 1 week, and 1 and 3 months post-surgery.
Patient outcomes were analyzed for visual acuity, refractive changes, and induced astigmatism.
38% of eyes achieved uncorrected visual acuity of 20/40 or better at 30 minutes, increasing to 89% at 3 months.
No significant changes in refractive cylinder were observed (P = .093).
A strong correlation was found between early refraction at 30 minutes and at 3 months (R = .5788, P = .0003).

Lyle et al. (1996) studied this question.

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