title: Cataract extraction after retinal detachment surgery.
abstract: Extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) was done in 31 eyes of 27 patients after previous retinal reattachment surgery with scleral buckling. A posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) was implanted in 21 eyes. No significant modifications in the cataract surgical technique were necessary. Final visual acuity was 20/40 or better in 26 eyes (84%). The complication rate was low. One patient was found to have a retinal detachment (RD) after cataract extraction that probably predated the cataract surgery. No recurrent retinal tears or detachment developed in any patients during an average 24-month follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: Vitreoretinal Surgery Service, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Smiddy
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Michels
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Maumenee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000150:complications; D012086:Reoperation; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D014792:Visual Acuity