[The functional results in primary surgical cataract associated with diabetes mellitus].
The purpose of this study is to display the influence of diabetes on the course of the operation, postoperative complications and functional results in operated primary cataract.


METHODS
We performed a study on 42 eyes with cataract and diabetes operated in the University Eye Hospital from Cluj-Napoca during 1992-1996.


RESULTS
From the 42 cases, 32 had diabetes non-insulin-dependent. Background diabetic retinopathy was present in only 16 cases (38%). In 33 cases it was performed EEC + PC - IOL. Postoperative, in 38 cases it was striate keratitis, in 21 eyes pigmentary migration and in 3 cases uveitis. As late postoperative complications we had 5 secondary cataract and 1 retinal detachment. Functional results were in majority cases between 0.1-0.3.


CONCLUSIONS
Diabetes do not influence the course of planned extracapsular extraction with PC-IOL, which is the best choice for the patients with cataract and diabetes. Functional results depends on the presence of diabetic retinopathy.
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D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Rezultate funcţionale în cataracta primitivă operată, asociată cu diabet zaharat.