Longterm incidence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and survival in a defined population undergoing standardized phacoemulsification surgery.

Purpose: To determine the longterm risk of pseudophakic retinal detachment (PRD) in a defined population undergoing standardized phacoemulsification surgery at a single centre.

Design: We carried out a register-based, retrospective, consecutive, uncontrolled study. All 6352 eyes that underwent cataract surgery at our institution during the years 1996-1998 were included in the study.

Retinal detachment after phacoemulsification cataract extraction.

Purpose: To estimate the incidence of retinal detachment (RD) after phacoemulsification cataract extraction in an unselected group of patients.

Setting: Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Methods: This retrospective review comprised 6521 cataract patients who had phacoemulsification over a 3-year period.

Cataract surgery on diabetic patients. A prospective evaluation of risk factors and complications.

Purpose: This study presents an evaluation of cataract surgery on diabetic patients. One experienced surgeon carried out phaco emulsification on all subjects and the same surface-coated one-piece PMMA-lens-type was implanted. The lens fluorescence and the blood-aqueous barrier (BAB) were then evaluated as experimental preoperative risk indicators.