Diplopia after cataract surgery: comparative results after topical or regional injection anesthesia.

Objective: To compare the incidence of diplopia after topical or regional injection anesthesia in cataract surgery.

Study Design: Retrospective, noncomparative interventional case series.

Participants And Methods: Three thousand five hundred forty-two consecutive cataract surgeries, performed from March 1998 to December 2001, were studied.