Phaco Versus Small Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS) Health Economic Study

A Twelve-Months, Single-Masked, Parallel Group, Health Economic Study of Phacoemulsification Versus Small Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS) in Chinese Patients With Senile Cataract.

To compare the health economic parameter and clinical outcome of Phacoemulsification with small incision cataract surgery (SICS)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient has senile cataract and require unilateral cataract extraction followed by implantation of an AcrySof or PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate) posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL);
• Pupil dilation ≧7 mm after mydrisis;
• Patient undergoing cataract surgery for the first eye;
• VA prognosis ≧6/12

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with history of ocular pathology or diabetic retinopathy;
• Patients with traumatic, subluxated and posterior polar cataract;
• Patients had ocular surgery in the past 6 months;
• Patients with significant intra-operative complications