PURPOSE To investigate changes in dry eye symptoms and diagnostic test values after cataract surgery and to address factors that might influence those symptoms and test results. METHODS Twenty-eight eyes from 14 patients with preoperative dry eye (dry eye group) and 70 eyes from 35 patients without preoperative dry eye (non-dry eye group) were studied prospectively. In each group, we measured...

PURPOSE To evaluate the magnitude of refractive astigmatism after congenital cataract surgery and to define its correlation with patient age. METHODS The authors retrospectively reviewed the charts of all pediatric patients who underwent congenital cataract extraction with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation through a 3.0-mm clear corneal incision from 1998 to 2003, and had no suture removal ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the postoperative changes in astigmatism in the pseudophakic eyes of children who underwent 1 of 3 different types of surgical incisions for congenital cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation, and in whom astigmatism of at least 3 diopters (D) was recorded 1 week after the operation. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all the childr...