[Corneal astigmatism after cataract extraction: differences between the continuous x-shaped suture and the single...

The author examined the postoperative astigmatism in 70 eyes of patients subjected to an extracapsular extraction with implantation of a posterior chamber lens in postoperative periods of 14 days, 3, 6 and 12 months. Compared were 2 groups of eyes with different methods of wound closure: by single knot stitches and by a continuous x-shaped suture. The degree of astigmatism showed to be higher in the 6 first postoperative months in the group of single knot stitches but after 6 months it became levelled with the degree of astigmatism detected in the group of continuous x-shaped suture.