Reasons for low vision after surgery of elderly cataract patients of Disabled Persons' Federation in Hangzhou / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Retrospective analyses of clinical data were performed for 518 elderly cataract patients (856 eyes) of Disabled Persons' Federation in Hangzhou,Zhejiang Province.For 69 eyes (8.06％),corneal edema was a major factor of low vision during early postoperative period; for 23 eyes (2.69％),delayed cataract was an important cause of low vision during long-term postoperative period.The best corrected visual acuity of 120 eyes caused by nonsurgical factors was diabetic retinopathy (48 eyes,48.00％),senile macular degeneration (25 eyes,20.80％),high myopia retinopathy (17 eyes,14.20％),optic never injury in glaucoma (16 eyes,13.30％),macular membrane & hole (5 eyes,4.20％) and amblyopia & corneal leucoma (9 eyes,7.50％).Retinal disease is the most important reason of low vision after cataract surgery.And surgery remains the most effective treatment for cataract.