Comparison between the complications of cataract surgery following local anaesthesia with short stay and general anaesthesia with a five-day hospitalisation.
In December 1979 97 patients underwent intracapsular cataract extraction under local anaesthetic with planned discharge on the day after operation. Twenty-three of these patients had a prolonged stay in hospital, and five of these required early operative intervention following surgical complications. Sixteen patients did not attain a visual acuity better than 6/18. The visual outcome and postoperative course are compared with those of a similar group of patients who stayed in hospital for five days after intracapsular cataract extraction.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000150:complications; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014792:Visual Acuity