title: Advantage of combined procedure in vitreous surgery.
abstract: Lens preservation facilitates the progression of nuclear cataracts after vitreous surgery among patients over 45 years old, and postoperative nuclear cataracts frequently necessitate intraocular lens surgery. Once the lens is removed, the fundus from the posterior pole to the ciliary process becomes recognizable and surgically reachable, thus making total vitreous removal possible. The complete removal of the incarcerated vitreous to the scleral wound prevents postoperative vitreous base tears, and anterior hyaloidal fibrovascular proliferation. Simultaneous vitreous surgery plus intraocular lens surgery (triple surgery) will prevent these complications before they arise. Triple surgery for patients over 45 years of age is reasonable even if they have amplitude of accommodation, and is an effective surgical strategy in that it improves both the result of the vitreous surgery and the patient's quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Shinjo Opthalmology Institute, Shimokitakata, Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumagai
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*