ABSTRACT
This is a retrospective study of 525 posterior chamber implants in diabetics performed by A S M Lim and B C Ang of Singapore. The patients were reviewed by visiting ophthalmologists--J E Kennedy (Sydney), M Ngui (East Malaysia) and P M Hart (Belfast). This study did not show any significant difference in the complication of post-operative visual acuity between diabetics and non-diabetics. 95% obtained 6/12 vision or better when pre-existing disease was excluded. It also showed that posterior chamber implants can be inserted in eyes with maculopathy or proliferative retinopathy if laser treatment was effectively done before or after surgery.
Subject(s)
Cataract/complications , Diabetes Complications , Lenses, Intraocular , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Diabetic Retinopathy/complications , Diabetic Retinopathy/pathology , Female , Humans , Laser Therapy , Light Coagulation , Male , Middle Aged , Retrospective Studies , Sex Factors , Visual AcuityABSTRACT
This is a study of 63 cases of posterior chamber intraocular lenses implanted in diabetics, with and without retinopathy, undertaken in 1984. 53 (84%) out of the 63 eyes obtained 6/12 or better vision. Excluding pre-existing diseases, 52 (95%) out of 55 obtained 6/12 or better vision. Argon laser therapy was performed in 11 patients post-operatively with no difficulties.
