title: Visual outcome following extracapsular cataract extraction in mature cataracts with pseudoexfoliation syndrome: A retrospective study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the best corrected visual acuity, at the end of one year, in 33 patients (35 eyes), who underwent extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation (PC-IOL) for mature and hypermature cataracts, with pseudoexfoliation (PEX).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective, non-comparative, single-institutional (Sultan Qaboos University Hospital) study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-three patients with mature and hypermature cataracts, with PEX operated upon between January 2007 and December 2008, by one surgeon (AM).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study of thirty-three patients (35 eyes) with mature and hypermature cataracts, with ocular PEX, evaluating the visual outcome at the end of 12 months following ECCE with PC-IOL.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty eyes (85.71%) showed improvement in the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) ranging from 0.2 to 1.0 Snellen lines. Four eyes (11.43%) had unchanged BCVA from the baseline. There were no intraoperative complications in any patient. One eye (2.86%) that did not improve developed retinal detachment at three months follow-up, and was referred to the Vireoretinal Unit and follow-up has been lost.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Extracapsular cataract extraction is a safe and effective technique in eyes with mature and hypermature cataracts with PEX.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Mujaini
authors.forename: Upender K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Wali
keywords: Cataract extraction; pseudoexfoliation syndrome; visual acuity