Retinal detachment after cataract extraction and refractive lens exchange in highly myopic patients

• Published in: Journal of cataract and refractive surgery Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 39 - 44
• Main Authors: Ravalico, Giuseppe, Michieli, Cinzia, Vattovani, Odilla, Tognetto, Daniele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 2003; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Cataract - complications; Cataract Extraction - adverse effects; Female; Humans; Lenses, Intraocular - adverse effects; Light Coagulation; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myopia - complications; Myopia - physiopathology; Refraction, Ocular; Retina - surgery; Retinal Detachment - etiology; Retinal Perforations - etiology; Retrospective Studies; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the eye and orbit; Treatment Outcome; Vitreous Detachment - etiology; High; Human; Postoperative; Retinal detachment; Cataract; Retinopathy; Iatrogenic; Vision disorder; Myopia; Incidence; Eye disease; Concomitant disease; Lens disease; Treatment; Surgery; Refractive error; Complication; Lens; Extraction; Posterior chamber; Intraocular lens; Anterior segment disease

To assess the refractive effects and incidence of postoperative complications in patients with high myopia after cataract extraction. University Eye Clinic, Trieste, Italy. This noncomparative retrospective study comprised all eyes (N = 388) having cataract extraction and implantation of an intraocu...