title: Outpatient anterior chamber lens implantation.
abstract: 100 outpatient and 143 inpatient intracapsular cataract extractions with anterior chamber lens implantation were examined 6 months post-operatively. 74 (74%) in the former and 107 (75%) in the latter achieved visual acuity greater than or equal to 0.5. Excluding non-surgical pathology, 93% in the outpatient group and 98% in the inpatient group had a visual acuity greater than or equal to 0.5 (P = 0.12). There were no significant differences in post-operative complications except for the incidence of cystoid macular edema. Six (6%) of the outpatient and 1 (0.7%) of the inpatient procedures had cystoid macular edema that resulted in a visual acuity below 0.5 (P = 0.02).
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Elsås
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guldahl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blika
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Høisen
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Brevik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ringvold
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009664:Norway; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D014792:Visual Acuity