3. Types of intraoperative ocular adverse events.

Adverse event	Reported by	Routine‐testing group Number of events	No‐testing group Number of events
Partial dislocations of the nucleus; dislocations of nuclear fragments; cortical material in the vitreous	Cavallini 2004	3	5
Anterior capsule ruptures	Cavallini 2004	2	2
Posterior capsule ruptures	Cavallini 2004; Lira 2001	35	38
Posterior capsule ruptures with vitreous loss	Lira 2001	32	32
Retained lens fragment	Lira 2002	1	0
Intraocular lens in the vitreous	Lira 2001	2	0
Iridodialysis	Lira 2001	1	1
Zonular rupture	Lira 2001	2	1

Cavallini 2004: routine‐testing group: n = 638; no‐testing group: n = 638
 Lira 2001: routine‐testing group: n = 502; no‐testing group: n = 503