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Out‐patient cataract surgery: First experiences from a large hospital department
Author(s) -
Henning V.,
Krogh E.,
Movin M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb06847.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cataract surgery , ambulatory , case selection , surgery , patient satisfaction , general surgery
Out‐patient cataract surgery was recently introduced as a routine procedure in our department. Background population, selection criteria and practical‐administrative procedures for the first 33 patients are described. 19 females and 14 males, age range 45 to 90 years, were offered ambulatory surgery; 19 had extracapsular surgery and 27 intraocular lenses. Insignificant complications occurred in four cases, one of them related to the out‐patient procedure. It definitely seems possible to offer this modality to selected patients without compromising medical ethics, and the results have been met with unanimous satisfaction by the patients.