Reasons for exclusion from the randomised trial
| *One person of each of these group preferred phacoemulsification. | |||
| Corneal opacity | 4 | Refused consent | 145 |
| Corneal degeneration | 1 | Wanted MSICS | 120 |
| Corneal dystrophy | 1 | Wanted phacoemulsification | 21 |
| Adherent leucoma | 1 | ||
| Band keratopathy | 4 | ||
| Pterygium with opacity | 1 | Total | 286 |
| Glaucomas | 15 | ||
| Posterior synechie | 1 | ||
| Pseudoexfoliation | 4 | ||
| Lens induced glaucoma | 4 | ||
| Complicated cataract | 1 | ||
| Developmental cataract | 1 | ||
| Traumatic cataract | 3 | ||
| Subluxated lens | 4 | ||
| High myopia | 6 | ||
| Optic atrophy | 1 | ||
| Retinitis pigmentosa* | 1 | ||
| ARMD* | 2 | ||
| Exotropia | 3 | ||
| Esotropia | 1 | ||
| Diabetes* | 4 | ||
| Uncontrolled hypertension | 1 | ||
| Total | 64 | ||