[Premises and preoperative causes of posterior capsule rupture during cataract surgery].
OBJECTIVE
Retrospective analyze of dependence between intra-operative lens posterior capsule rupture during cataract removal surgery and local and general patient condition.


METHODS
2092 cataract operations was performed in 1998-2001. 97 patients has a posterior capsule rupture. In 1029 phacoemulsifications were 48 capsule posterior ruptures and 49 in extracapsularies cataract removals.


CONCLUSIONS
Local changes, like grade of cataract maturity, PEX syndrome, inflammations and structural changes of vitreous body has a crucial influence on the operation process. Age of patient, metabolic abnormalities, diabetes, hypertension and collagen diseases are general causes of lens capsule posterior rupture.
Warczyński
Alfred
A
Gawron
Lech
L
Usowska
Aleksandra
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Goś
Arkadiusz
A
Stankiewicz
Andrzej
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors