Cataract operations in a retina centre.
The position of the cataract surgeon in a retinal surgical centre is a particular one. Close collaboration with the retinal specialist obliges him never to lose sight of the judgement of the latter. The retinal surgeon does not judge the success of a cataract operation by the consequent visual acuteness obtained, but must wait to see the fundus of the eye, and in particular the retinal periphery. This is a problem with which we are occupied. We have studied from the point of view of the cataract specialist the modifications and retinal complications occurring in 2000 cataract operations. In addition, we have tried to make, from the point of view of the retina specialist, an analysis of detachments of the aphakia which occurred in relation to the cataract operations during the same period of time.
D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000009:adverse effects; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014822:Vitreous Body