title: [Surgical treatment of senile cataract in the immature stage].
abstract: Comparison of postoperative vision and complications between 42 eyes of immature and 42 eyes of mature senile cataract showed that modern extracapsular cataract extraction on patients of senile cataract in the immature stage with posterior chamber IOL implantation yielded better results than in the mature stage. The traditional belief that senile cataract may only be operated on in the mature stage is challenged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Jinan Municipal Central Hospital.
authors.forename: L Q
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002386:Cataract / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015715:Corneal Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D014785:Vision, Ocular