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Senile cataract extraction and diabetes.
A study of hospital discharge diagnoses from both national data and data from a local medical centre indicates that diabetes substantially increases the probability of cataract extraction at age 40-49, about doubles or triples the probability for age 50-69, and has little effect on risk at age 70 and over. Strengths and weaknesses of the data are discussed. Other reports, generally estimating a...
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the number of people with diabetes mellitus is increasing and cataracts are one of the most common causes of visual impairment in these patients. advances in cataract surgery have generally resulted in favorable surgical outcomes. however, surgery may not be safe and effective in individuals who were previously not candidates for surgery or who had limited visual prognosis. many questions remai...
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Ten cataract extractions were performed on eight patients for whom warfarin was not discontinued prior to surgery. Three were complicated by hyphaema. No retrobulbar haemorrhages occurred in the four cases given a local anaesthetic. Cataract surgery can be performed successfully without discontinuing warfarin.
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The course of cystoid macular oedema (CMO) following extracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation was prospectively studied in 44 eyes of 44 consecutive diabetic patients without preoperative CMO. In 50% of eyes CMO was observed 6 weeks after surgery and in 25% was still present at 1 year. The preoperative presence of diabetic retinopathy significantly ...
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Review of the literature reveals much confusion over the relation between cataract and diabetes in the older age-groups. Table I shows that in ophthalmoscopic surveys cataract has as often as not been found to be commoner in non-diabetics than in diabetics. Surveys of patients who have had a cataract extracted have, on the other hand, shown an overall proportion of diabetics that is higher than...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1961
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5267.1605