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Outpatient anterior chamber lens implantation
Author(s) -
Elås Tor,
Guldahl Jan,
Blika Sigmund,
Høisen Harald,
Brevik Tor Anders,
Ringvold Amund
Publication year - 1988
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.1755-3768.1988.tb04015.x
Subject(s) - medicine , macular edema , visual acuity , ophthalmology , incidence (geometry) , outpatient clinic , edema , surgery , optics , physics
. 100 outpatient and 143 inpatient intracapsular cataract extractions with anterior chamber lens implantation were examined 6 months post‐operatively. 74 (74%) in the ‘former and 107 (75%) in the latter achieved visual acuity ≥ 0.5. Excluding non‐surgical pathology, 93% in the outpatient group and 98% in the inpatient group had a visual acuity ≥ 0.5 ( P = 0.12). There were no significant differences in post‐operative complications except for the incidence of cystoid macular edema. Six (6%) of the outpatient and 1 (0.7%) of the inpatient procedures had cystoid macular edema that resulted in a visual acuity below 0.5 ( P = 0.02).