Continuous Curvilinear Capsulorhexis in Cataract Surgery Using a Modified 3-Bend Cystotome

Table 1

Characteristics of eyes in the 3-bend and 2-bend groups before surgery.

Demographics	3-bend cystotome	2-bend cystotome	value
	Age (year)	74.3 ± 5.8		73.1 ± 6.5	0.09
Female ratio	51%	51.4%	0.94
Nucleus hardness	4.16 ± 0.81	4.25 ± 1.03	0.40
ECCE/PE ratio^#	4.88	4.68	0.78

Emery-Little classification yielded the degrees of nucleus hardness.
^#ECCE = extracapsular cataract extraction; PE = phacoemulsification.