VISUAL
Early (105 eyes). Within 1 month of surgery an improvement in vision was recorded in 38 out of 68 phakic eyes, there was no change in 19, and a deterioration had occurred in 11. Of 37 aphakic eyes 20 were improved, 16 were unchanged, and 1 was worse (Table 3, Fig. 1). Of the 67 eyes in which a successful anatomical result was obtained 44 (69%) showed a visual improvement (Fig. 2).
At I year (93 eyes). Of 61 phakic eyes assessed 1 year after surgery 22 showed an improvement over the preoperative level, 23 were unchanged, and 16 showed deterioration in vision, while in 32 aphakic eyes 15 were improved, 10 were unchanged, and 7 had deteriorated (Table 4).