title: [Cataract surgery in Romania--2003].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate cataract surgery performed in Romania analyzing: --the number of cataract surgery performed in 2003; --the surgical technique used: intracapsular extraction, extracapsular extraction, phacoemulsification; --the number and type of intraocular lenses used; --the number of ophthalmologists that performed cataract surgery;
  
  
  METHODS
  --a questionnaire was sent to all ophthalmologists which do cataract surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  --38,000 surgeries for cataract were performed in 2003; --the surgical techniques used were : Phacoemulsification (18,000 cases), classic extracapsular extraction ( 19,000 cases) and intracapsular extraction (1000 cases); --28,500 rigid and 8,000 foldable intraocular lenses were implanted; - 223 ophthalmologists perform cataract surgery in Romania.
authors.affiliation: Spitalul Clinic de Urgentă Militar Central.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zemba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Filip
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bobeico
authors.forename: Sorana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andrei
authors.forename: Oana
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Anton
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D012383:Romania; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires