Outpatient anterior chamber lens implantation.
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).
Elsås
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Department of Ophthalmology, University of Trondheim, Norway.
Guldahl
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Blika
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Høisen
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Brevik
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Ringvold
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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