Cataract phacoemulsification and intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the influence of recently performed cataract phacoemulsification in glaucomatous eyes on postoperative intraocular pressure (IOP).

Material And Methods: 100 eyes of 86 glaucoma patients who underwent cataract phacoemulsification with simultaneous intraocular lens implantation, were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into two groups: I--61 patients (71 eyes) with open angle glaucoma, and II--25 patients (29 eyes) with angle closure glaucoma.

[Cataract phacoemulsification techniques: "divide and conquer" versus "stop and chop"--comparative evaluation of operation course and early results].

Purpose: To compare ultrasound time, quality and quantity of intraoperative complications together with the eye condition in early postoperative period in patients who underwent "divide and conquer" and "stop and chop" cataract phacoemulsification.

Material And Methods: "Divide and conquer" phacoemulsification was performed in 49 eyes, whereas "stop and chop" technique in 67 eyes. Before surgery axial lengths of the eye, anterior chamber depth and pupillary reflex were measured.

[Patient's pain feeling and surgeon's comfort--ECCE versus phacoemulsification].

Purpose: To compare patient's pain and surgeon's comfort during ECCE performed under retrobulbar anesthesia and phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia.

Material And Methods: 120 patients scheduled for planned routine cataract extraction were divided in 2 groups: group 1-60 eyes, ECCE under retrobulbar anesthesia and group II-60 eyes, phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia. Immediately after operation patients were asked, to answer questions about their feeling during surgery.