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Retinal detachment following intracapsular and extracapsular cataract extraction A comparative, retrospective follow‐up study
Author(s) -
Urbak Steen F.,
Næser Kristian
Publication year - 1993
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.1755-3768.1993.tb08600.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cataract extraction , retinal detachment , ophthalmology , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , retinal , surgery , physics , optics
. In a retrospective study we reviewed the postoperative incidence of retinal detachment in a consecutive series of 762 eyes operated on with intracapsular cataract extraction and a consecutive series of 1351 eyes operated on with extracapsular cataract extraction. Follow‐up time was 2 1/2 ‐ 4 1/2 years in both series. The incidence of retinal detachment was 0.79% after intracapsular cataract extraction and 0.44% after extracapsular cataract extraction. The difference was not statistically significant. Age below 70 years was not statistically significantly correlated to retinal detachment.