one of the dangerous complications of cataract extractions is vitreous loss. the purpose of this stuy is to evaluate the incidence of vitreous loss and its sepuale while teaching residents at rasoul akram hospital in iran. this study has been conducted on existing records of 730 eyes which were subjectd to extracapsular cataract extractions by 3rd and 4th year, right handed resident of rasoul a...

PURPOSE To define the incidence of capsule complication and its risk factors in Sweden over an 8-year period. SETTING Fifty-two ophthalmic surgery units in Sweden. DESIGN Database study. METHODS Data were collected prospectively in the Swedish National Cataract Register (NCR) from 2002 through 2009. The NCR contains 97.3% of the total number of cataract extractions in Sweden over the 8-ye...

AIM The aim of the study was to describe the prevalence and visual outcomes of cataract surgery in an urban Asian population. METHODS This was a population-based study of 3280 Singapore Malays aged 40-80 years (response rate 78.7%). Participants had a standardised interview and comprehensive ocular examination. Poor post-operative visual outcome was defined as visual acuity </=20/60 in operat...

Background: To assess the incidence and characteristic of cataract surgery in Poland from 2010 to 2015 and to interpret these findings. Patients and methods: Data from all patients who underwent cataract surgery alone or in combined procedures in Poland between January 2010 and December 2015 were evaluated. Patient data were from the national database of hospitalizations maintained by National ...

AIM To analyze clinical outcomes and complications after traumatic cataract extractions because of post-traumatic lens opacification. METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of 24 eyes with traumatic cataract surgically treated between May 2000 and June 2003. Preoperative visual acuity, postoperative best corrected visual acuity, and preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative compl...

PURPOSE Cataract is a major cause of age-related eye diseases in the United States, and cataract extraction is the most commonly performed surgery on Medicare beneficiaries. Analyzing the pattern in delivery of cataract care at the national level can highlight areas of disparities. We evaluated geographic disparities seen in cataract surgery delivery to Medicare beneficiaries in the United Stat...

purpose : to determine the incidence and determinants of intraoperative complications of cataract surgeries performed in iran during 2000 to 2005 methods : the iranian cataract surgery survey (icss) is a retrospective study in which random sampling was done from selected centers. one week per season between 2000 and 2005 was assigned to each center and records of cataract surgeries performed du...

Of 409 consecutive Arab patients in Kuwait who had extractions for idiopathic (senile and presenile) cataract 385 were followed up for a minimum period of one year. Among these the final visual outcome was 6/12 or better in 208 eyes (54%) but visual acuity was 6/18 or less in 177 eyes (46%). Of these 177 eyes 127 eyes (71.8%) had poor vision due to preoperative ocular disorders and 31 (17.5%) d...