title: [Phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation in myopic eye].
abstract: The purpose of this study is to estimate the technical difficulties and the intraoperative complications which appear in patients with high myopia who had been operated on cataract through phacoemulsification technique; to establish the IOL refractive power and to estimate the functional results at 45 days postoperative.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a study on 44 eyes with high myopia and cataract operated in the Emergency Military Hospital from Cluj-Napoca during 15th of January -15th of June 2003. We analyzed the patients' age, the technical difficulties and intraoperative complications, the IOLs choosing and the functional results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The greatest frequency of patients with high myopia and cataract met into the study was between 50-60 years old (43.18%). The intraoperative complications were represented by the posterior capsule's refraction without loss of vitreous in one case, zonular rupture in one case and one case with loss of the nucleus into vitreous.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients with high myopia and cataract the surgical procedure solves both visual problem and refractive deficiency. For the myopic eye is important to use IOL with 6 mm, 6.5 mm diameter.
authors.forename: Monica Cherteş
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gavriş
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cărăuş
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Popa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Căciulă
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gusho
authors.forename: Dacia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clocoţan
authors.forename: Erzsebet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kantor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome