Anticoagulants and cataract surgery.
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.
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Southern Eye Center, Woodall Outpatient Surgery Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401.
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
D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin; D006493:Heparin