title: Implantation and diabetes: analysis of 525 cases.
abstract: This is a retrospective study of 525 posterior chamber implants in diabetics performed by A S M Lim and B C Ang of Singapore. The patients were reviewed by visiting ophthalmologists--J E Kennedy (Sydney), M Ngui (East Malaysia) and P M Hart (Belfast). This study did not show any significant difference in the complication of post-operative visual acuity between diabetics and non-diabetics. 95% obtained 6/12 vision or better when pre-existing disease was excluded. It also showed that posterior chamber implants can be inserted in eyes with maculopathy or proliferative retinopathy if laser treatment was effectively done before or after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Ang
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Heng
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ngui
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chee
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008028:Light Coagulation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity