review of 1000 cases of intraocular lens implantation

ABSTRACT

One thousand cases of cataract extraction with Intraocular lens implantation done at Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore are reviewed. Pre and post-operative visual status is compared. The power of IOL to be implanted was determined by Estimation method in 34% and by Biometric computation in 66% of patients. lOLs were implanted under a cushion of air in 48% of cases and with the help of a viscoelastic substance in 52%. Final best corrected visual acuity of 6/12 or better was achieved in 88.6% of the patients who completed the follow up study period. Post-operative complications are discussed. A comparison of results with two international studies is presented