Reducing the risk of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.

nologyusedasa result of the introductionofphacoemulsification and the development of foldable intraocular lenses, which reduce the size of the sutureless corneal incision to 3.2 mm or less. In our methods section, the exact surgical technique and corneal incision size implemented were defined. To prevent misinterpretation, ‘‘3.2 mm small-incision coaxial phacoemulsification’’ would have been more appropriate terminology than SICS.dGuenal Kahraman, MD, Claudette AbelaFormanek, MD, Michael Amon, MD