AIM: To explore the application value of polishing anterior capsule and equator in the phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation.

METHODS: Totally 112 cases of cataract patients in our hospital from May 2012 to January 2015 were selected as research objects. They were divided into unpolished and polished group according to whether the anterior capsule and equatorial part polished or not with the informed consents, 56 cases in each group. The patients were followed up for 18mo after phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation. The clinical efficacy of the two groups was compared.

RESULTS: The complication rates of the two groups were 7.1% and 16.1%, that of the polished group was lower and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). The lens position(effective lens position, ELP), refractive state, uncorrected visual acuity compared with unpolished group were statistically significant(P<0.05).

CONCLUSION: Polishing anterior capsule and equator can significantly improve the effect of phacoemulsification combined with intraocular lens implantation in the treatment of cataract.