title: [Implantation of intraocular lenses in diabetes mellitus--experience from 1989 to 1991].
abstract: The authors report favourable results with implantation of an intraocular lens after extracapsular extraction in diabetic subjects. In 1989 they implanted only one intraocular lens in 49 eyes without diabetic retinopathy, in 1991 in 110 eyes from 111 without diabetic retinopathy and 12 eyes from 26 with diabetic retinopathy. The incidence of complications did not differ significantly from that in non-diabetic patients. In 76.6% eyes without diabetic retinopathy 6 months following implantation of an intraocular lens the vision was 6/12 or better, in eyes with diabetic retinopathy this applied to 62% of the eyes. In the course of 6 months following operation diabetic retinopathy developed in 5 of 110 eyes. To achieve long-term favourable results it is necessary to check the patients regularly after operation and in case of progressing diabetic retinopathy prompt laser photocoagulation is indicated.
authors.affiliation: Ocní klinika Masarykovy nemocnice, Ustí nad Labem.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rozsíval
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Beranová
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014792:Visual Acuity