A sutured clear-corneal incision did not flatten the steep meridian after phacoemulsification
Cataract
Vector analysisClear corneal incisionSurgically induced astigmatismSteep-axis incisionCorneal suture
In a single-surgeon series of 345 eyes, sutured steep-axis incisions produced mainly torque and slight mean steepening rather than the expected flattening.
doi: 10.3341/kjo.2026.0126