Differences between men and women as related to intraocular lens implantation.

We examined 291 cases of IOL implantation in order to evaluate differences between males and females for several factors. We found that women have shorter axial lengths, older age at time of surgery, greater preoperative corneal curvature, higher power of IOL implanted, more surgically induced astigmatism, and a higher rate of complications. Insignificant differences between the two groups included pre- and postoperative refraction, preoperative astigmatism, visual acuity, type of IOL implanted, corneal thickness, endothelial cell count, and percent of patients requiring discissions.