Surgical peculiarities in type II diabetic cataracts during phacoemulsification.
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.
Khokhar
Sudarshan
S
Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Pangtey
Mayank S
MS
Soni
Ambarish
A
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
D000180:Acrylic Resins