ABSTRACT

There has been progressive decrease in size of the cataract incision along with newer cataract surgical techniques. The size of wound has progressively decreased from 12.0 mm in intracapsular cataract surgery to 10.5 mm in early extracapsular surgery to 5.25 mm with the advent of phacoemulsification. Foldable IOLs has further reduced the size of incision to 3.0 mm or smaller. Advantages of small size of incision are given in Table 2.1.