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Literature searches were conducted by using key words and MeSH terms including cataracts, phacoemulsification, small-incision cataract incision, visual acuity, costs, training, time, and barriers to cataract surgery. The final synthesis included 42 manuscripts.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All studies show that both Phaco and SICS are safe and effective techniques to rehabilitate cataract patients, but Phaco is costlier, with its pre-operative and postoperative medicines, anesthetic agents, viscoelastic materials, disposables, instrumentation, and intraocular lens (IOLs), and had a steeper learning curve. Small-incision cataract surgery, in comparison, has been shown to be faster and more cost-effective. It is useful in intumescent white, black, brown, and lens-induced glaucoma cataracts and could incorporate recent trends like topical and sub-Tenon anesthesia and temporal incisions. Both give equal best-corrected visual acuity but unaided vision has been shown to be slightly better in Phaco due to lesser astigmatism.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The literature points to SICS being more useful for intumescent and hard cataracts and is the preferred technique for less-resourced settings. 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