Group 1 patients included instillation of one drop each of tropicamide 0.5% and phenylephrine 10% ( VISUMIDRIATIC FENILEFRINA) at 30, 20, and 10 min prior to surgery.

Group 2 patients had the Mydriasert® (Phenylephrine Hydrochloride,Tropicamide) device placed in the inferior conjunctival sac at least 1 h before surgery

Group 3 patients received 0.2 mL intracameral Mydrane®(0.2 mg/ml + 3.1 mg/ml + 10 mg/ml tropicamide, lidocaine hydrochloride, phenylephrine hydrochloride) immediately following the clear corneal incision; the surgeon allowed 45-60 s for adequate pupil dilation before performing continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC)

60 patients with coexisting POAG and cataract who underwent elective cataract extraction. All patients underwent ophthalmic routine examinations including automatic visual field examination, anterior chamber configuration, specular microscopy and arterial blood pressure measurement prior to surgery, 24 hours and 30 days postoperatively. All cataract surgeries were videorecorded, and all measurements were performed using media player. 20 patients received topical mydriatic eye drops, 20 patients received Mydriasert ® whereas 20 patients received intracameral injection of Mydrane ® just after the first incision.

All cataract surgeries were video-recorded, and all measurements were performed using media player software (VideoLAN Non-Profit Organization, Paris, France) with two different operators (M.R. and F.R.) based on the images acquired immediately prior to the corneal incision (T1), injection of the ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD) (T2), capsulorhexis (T3), IOL insertion (T4), and cefuroxime injection (end of surgery) (T5). The pupil size immediately prior to the capsulorhexis was defined as the maximum mydriasis. We recorded all the surgery with OPMI LUMERA® 700 ZEISS and then measured with media player software all the pupil size.

mean duration of surgery, All cataract surgeries were video-recorded, and all measurements were performed using media player software (VideoLAN Non-Profit Organization, Paris, France) with two different operators (M.R. and F.R.) based on the images acquired immediately prior to the corneal incision (T1), injection of the ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD) (T2), capsulorhexis (T3), IOL insertion (T4), and cefuroxime injection (end of surgery) (T5).

Patients were asked to complete a questionnaire using the the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scale to evaluate surgical pain related to the procedure. The scale simply consists of a 10 cm strip of paper which has two "end points" at the ends which are defined as "no pain" and "the worst pain I can imagine".