title: Diplopia as an uncommon complication of cataract surgery.
abstract: Two patients are presented with diplopia after cataract extraction performed under local anesthesia. Since there was no spontaneous recuperation after several months, strabismus surgery was performed. The first patient presented a restriction of the inferior rectus muscle probably caused by the retrobulbar injection of anesthetics. The second patient had a decompensation of a congenital superior oblique palsy. A survey of the different etiologies of diplopia after cataract surgery is given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Antwerp.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Haens
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Evens
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tassignon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*