Purpose: To investigate the distribution of corneal spherical aberration (SA) in Tanzanian people of African descent, and to examine the correlation between corneal SA and ocular parameters.
Design: Cross-sectional population-based study.
Methods: Residents aged 40 years and older in three villages in the Mkuranga district in Tanzania were enlisted as study participants.
Background And Objective: To present a new method to quantify posterior capsular opacity with an anterior eye segment image analyzer (EAS 1000, NIDEK).
Patients And Methods: This study was comprised of patients who underwent phacoemulsification intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. Three types of IOLS, acrylic, silicone, and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) were allocated to 30 eyes and clinically evaluated.