were enrolled in this study after obtaining approval from the institutional ethical committee and written patients consent. We estimated our sample size based on a method described by Lerman. A sample size of 45 will detect a 20% difference between each group; this will give an alpha value of 0.05 with a power of 80%. With a fall-out rate of approximately 19%, we decided to increase the number of patients in each group to 51.All patients were assessed and only those who were deemed suitable for topical and intracameral lidocaine 1% were included in the study.Very anxious patients were omitted from the study.