Evaluation of striate keratopathy after manual small-incision cataract surgery and its final outcomes in a tertiary hospital.

Purpose: To study the demographic profile, contributing and precipitating factors, the severity of striate keratopathy and its relation with endothelial cell count, and evaluate the final treatment outcome of striate keratopathy.

Methods: This Observational: analytical cohort study was conducted on 75 patients developing striate keratopathy after MSICS in the immediate postoperative period. Demographic profile, preoperative risk factors, and intraoperative complications were evaluated retrospectively.