title: Surgical peculiarities in type II diabetic cataracts during phacoemulsification.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To record the surgical peculiarities during phacoemulsification in patients with type II diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective, noncomparative analysis. Data from 58 eyes of 43 patients having significant cataract with type II diabetes of more than 5 years' duration who underwent phacoemulsification were considered. Intraoperative difficulties and complications were noted and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 24.13% (n = 14) of the cases, the nucleus could not be divided after initial trenching. The management of the nucleus and the cortex required modifications in the surgical technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Type II diabetic cataracts were sticky and leathery in approximately one-quarter of the cases.
authors.affiliation: Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: Sudarshan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khokhar
authors.forename: Mayank S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Pangtey
authors.forename: Ambarish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soni
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins