Table 1
Clinical characteristics and surgical details of the patients
| Case | Age (years) | Sex | Eye | Aetiology | Type of cataract | Preoperative BCVA | Postoperative BCVA | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCVA = best corrected visual acuity, ECCE + IOL = extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation. | ||||||||
| 1 | 48 | M | RE | Granular dystrophy | Posterior subcapsular cataract | 3/60 | 6/18 | – |
| 2 | 35 | F | LE | Operated lamellar graft for Stevens-Johnson syndrome | Hypermature white cataract | Counting fingers | 6/60 | – |
| 3 | 52 | M | RE | Fuchs' dystrophy with trachomatous scarring | Nuclear cataract | 3/60 | Counting fingers | Increase in haze intraoperatively and postoperatively. Visual acuity 6/36 after penetrating keratoplasty |
| 4 | 62 | F | LE | Operated patch graft | Cortical cataract | 5/60 | 6/24 | – |
| 5 | 53 | M | LE | Healed viral keratitis | Cortical cataract | 6/60 | 6/18 | – |
| 6 | 78 | M | RE | Ocular surface disorder | Corticonuclear cataract | 4/60 | 6/12 | – |
| 7 | 65 | F | LE | Healed keratitis with posterior crocodile shagreen | Nuclear cataract | 6/36 | 6/9 | – |
| 8 | 62 | F | RE | Bilateral healed viral keratouveitis | Cortical and posterior subcapsular cataract | 6/60 | 6/12 | – |
| 9 | 75 | M | LE | Healed keratitis | Nuclear cataract | 4/60 | 6/18 | – |
| 10 | 62 | M | RE | Healed keratitis | Cortical cataract | Counting fingers | 6/24 | – |
| 11 | 70 | F | RE | Post trachomatous central scarring | Cataracta brunescence | Counting fingers | 6/36 | Capsulorhexis completed, converted to ECCE + IOL due to intraoperative haze |
