[Repercussions of cataract surgery on the development of cystoid macular edema in the diabetic patient].
The extraction of the crystalline lens in diabetics without retinopathy has a good prognosis. However, if macular oedema exists preoperatively, surgery will worsen a great number of cases and the functional result will often be poor.
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Service d'Ophthalmologie, CHU Sart Tilman, Université de Liège.
D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000150:complications*; D011379:Prognosis