Effect of phacoemulsification on the cornea

INTRODUCTION: Cataracta is the more common surgical diesease of the eye. The removal of the cataract is done my phacoemulsification. PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of phacoemulsifcation on the cornea. MATERIAL AND METHOD: We have studied 80 patients with cataract that underwent cataract surgery by phacoemulsification. We measured the corneal thickness and the number of endothelial cell before and after the surgery. REZULTS AND DISCUSSIONS: Corneal thickness grew with 3% and the number of endothelial cells decresed with 13%. CONCLUSIONS: Phacoemulsification with the use of vascoelastic substancees is a very safe method of lens extraction