Surface calcification of a 3-piece silicone intraocular lens in a patient with asteroid hyalosis: a clinicopathologic case report.

Objective: To illustrate the laboratory findings in a patient with bilateral asteroid hyalosis who presented with calcified deposits on a 3-piece silicone intraocular lens (IOL).

Design: Observational case report.

Methods: A 76-year-old diabetic woman underwent uneventful cataract surgery in 1994 with implantation of a silicone-optic polypropylene-haptic IOL in the left eye.

Perioperative treatment of patients with diabetes having eye surgery with local anesthesia in an ambulatory facility.

Background And Objective: To evaluate the incidence of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in diabetic patients on the morning of eye surgery scheduled under local anesthesia in an ambulatory surgery facility.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective analysis of fasting blood glucose levels in 216 diabetic patients on 326 admissions.

Results: The fasting blood glucose level was 80 mg/dL or lower in 10 patient admissions (3%).