title: Anticoagulants and cataract surgery.
abstract: To evaluate complications resulting from increased bleeding, 2,178 cataract surgery patients, 28 of whom were on anticoagulants, were studied prospectively. The anticoagulated patients showed no increase in sight-threatening complications when compared to the nonanticoagulated cataract patients.
authors.affiliation: Southern Eye Center, Woodall Outpatient Surgery Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: McMahan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D004438:Ecchymosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced; D006493:Heparin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000139:chemically induced; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014859:Warfarin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin; D006493:Heparin