title: Visual prognosis following accidental vitreous loss during cataract surgery.
abstract: Over the past 7 years there has been a change in the management of accidental vitreous loss during cataract surgery. There has been a reduction in immediate postoperative complications such as hyphaema. No immediate post-operative complications were observed during the last 18 months of the study. Whereas previously many of these patients remained aphakic, there was a change initially to anterior chamber intraocular lenses (IOLs) and now the vast majority receive capsule-supported sulcus-fixated posterior chamber IOLs. All patients had improved vision post-operatively by a mean of 4 Snellen lines, although they did not achieve the acuities of age- and sex-matched controls (p = 0.015).
authors.affiliation: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Claoué
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steele
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011126:Polypropylenes; D011379:Prognosis; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes