[Postoperative astigmatism after extracapsular cataract extraction]

The authors analysed the occurrence and changes of postoperative astigmatism in three groups of patients after the performed extracapsular cataract extraction, regarding the type of the applied sutures: single, continuous double row and combined suture. One hundred and fifty-eight eyes were followed up over the period of 6 months. The quickest decreasing of astigmatism and its lowest values were recorded in the application of the combined suture. A statistically significant decrease of astigmatism values (p < 0.01) was already found after 1 month, and after 6 months 98.7% of the operated eyes had the postoperative astigmatism lower than 0.9 D.