[PREVALENCE OF ASTIGMATISM BEFORE ROUTINE CATARACT SURGERY: COMPARISON BETWEEN BEDOUIN AND JEWISH POPULATION IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL].

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of corneal astigmatism among patients before routine cataract surgery and overall ocular difference between Jewish and Bedouin population in the south of Israel.

Methods: Retrospective research collecting biometric information from IOLMaster (Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Germany) in patients attending cataract surgery at Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel between the years 2015 -2016.

Results: Mean corneal astigmatism among all cohorts was 1.