A review of one thousand cases of intracapsular cataract extraction: II. Visual results and astigmatic analysis.

A review of 1,000 cases of intracapsular cataract extraction revealed that in eyes in which no factor predisposed to complication, the early visual results were equal to or better than 20/40 in 97% of the cases. Complications of surgery in this group accounted for decreased visual acuity in only 1.7% of the eyes. In the group of patients with high myopia, previous surgery, known corneal disease, or some other factor thought to predispose to a complication, the visual acuity was equal to or better than 20/40 in only 74% of the cases, most of the decrease being due to preexisting factors within the eye rather than complications themselves. In the first group, the total amount of astigmatism produced by all the suturing techniques reviewed was similar. With interrupted suturing techniques, the axis of the correcting cylinder was more often against the rule while continuous closures with monofilament nylon more frequently produced with the rule astigmatism.