title: [Cataract surgery in diabetic patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analysis of functional results, per- and postoperative complications after cataract surgery in diabetic patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study including 100 non-diabetic patients and 50 patients with type II diabetes, with extracapsular extraction and IOL implantation in the postoperator chamber followed for 10.3-7.3 months postoperative complications.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postoperative visual acuity was lower in diabetic patients (0.317 +/- 0.24) versus non-diabetic patients (0.634 +/- 0.30); postoperative visual acuity was lower in diabetic patients without retinopathy (0.437 +/- 0.26) versus diabetic patients with non-proliferative retinopathy (0.348 +/- 0.26) or diabetic proliferative retinopathy (0.116 +/- 0.11); the incidence of per- and postoperative complications (early and late) is higher in diabetic patients compared with the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cataract surgery in diabetic patients is followed by higher rate of per- and postoperative complications. The postoperative functional result is dependent, in principal, on the retinal status of the diabetic patient and, secondary, on the per- and postoperative complications.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chiseliţă
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Poiata
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tiutiuca
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D014792:Visual Acuity