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Sixteen eyes were analyzed prospectively. The Corneal Visualization Scheimpflug Technology (Corvis ST) device assessed corneal biomechanics, while the Pentacam AxL\u00ae (Pentacam) measured COD and CT. Postoperative data were collected around six months after surgery, with a subgroup analysis of data at nine months. The Pearson correlation was used to examine the relationship between surgical-induced changes in corneal biomechanics and COD. At six months, significant postoperative differences were observed in various biomechanical indices, including uncorrected IOP (IOPuct) and biomechanics-corrected IOP (bIOP). However, many indices lost statistical significance by the nine-month mark, suggesting the reversibility of postoperative corneal changes. Postoperative COD increased at the anterior layer of the 2\u22126 mm annulus and incision site. The changes in COD correlated with certain biomechanical indices, including maximal (Max) deformative amplitude (DA) and stiffness parameter (SP). In conclusion, despite significant immediate postoperative changes, corneal biomechanics, COD, and IOP experienced a gradual recovery process following cataract surgery. Clinicians should maintain vigilance for any unusual changes during the short-term observation period to detect abnormalities early.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics14141557","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,18]],"date-time":"2024-07-18T10:39:26Z","timestamp":1721299166000},"page":"1557","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Impacts and Correlations on Corneal Biomechanics, Corneal Optical Density and Intraocular Pressure after Cataract Surgery"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Fang-Yang","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Education Department, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung City 83301, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5475-9800","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ren-Wen","family":"Ho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung City 83301, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hun-Ju","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung City 83301, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung City 80424, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"I-Hui","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung City 83301, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0707-9658","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Po-Chiung","family":"Fang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung City 83301, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung City 80424, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4159-0564","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ming-Tse","family":"Kuo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung City 83301, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung City 80424, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"240","DOI":"10.1111\/opo.12345","article-title":"Corneal biomechanics\u2013A review","volume":"37","author":"Kling","year":"2017","journal-title":"Ophthalmic Physiol. 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