title: Ultrasonic diagnosis of ocular pathology: its significance for cataract surgery with and without IOL implantation.
abstract: The use of diagnostic ultrasound can alert the eye surgeon to certain pathologic conditions of the eye before cataract surgery, including problems associated with the vitreous, retina, choroid and lens. This knowledge may be applied to all cataract surgery and in particular to intraocular lens implantation.
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002829:Choroid; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014822:Vitreous Body