Outpatient anterior chamber lens implantation

100 outpatient and 143 inpatient intracapsular cataract extractions with anterior chamber lens implantation were examined 6 months post-operatively. 74 (74%) in the former and 107 (75%) in the latter achieved visual acuity greater than or equal to 0.5. Excluding non-surgical pathology, 93% in the ou...

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Published inActa ophthalmologica Vol. 66; no. 2; p. 214
Main Authors Elsås, T, Guldahl, J, Blika, S, Høisen, H, Brevik, T A, Ringvold, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Denmark 01.04.1988
Subjects
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
Anterior Chamber - surgery
Humans
Lenses, Intraocular - adverse effects
Norway
Postoperative Complications - epidemiology
Visual Acuity
Norway
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Summary:100 outpatient and 143 inpatient intracapsular cataract extractions with anterior chamber lens implantation were examined 6 months post-operatively. 74 (74%) in the former and 107 (75%) in the latter achieved visual acuity greater than or equal to 0.5. Excluding non-surgical pathology, 93% in the outpatient group and 98% in the inpatient group had a visual acuity greater than or equal to 0.5 (P = 0.12). There were no significant differences in post-operative complications except for the incidence of cystoid macular edema. Six (6%) of the outpatient and 1 (0.7%) of the inpatient procedures had cystoid macular edema that resulted in a visual acuity below 0.5 (P = 0.02).
ISSN:0001-639X
DOI:10.1111/j.1755-3768.1988.tb04015.x