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Revista Cubana de Oftalmología

versión impresa ISSN 0864-2176versión On-line ISSN 1561-3070

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MARTIN TORRES, Lisset; SEUC, Armando H.  y  TRIANA CASADO, Idalia. Comparison of Blumenthal´s technique and the convencional technique in the cataract su. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2008, vol.21, n.1. ISSN 0864-2176.

A clinical trial was conducted using historical controls at "Dr Salvador Allende" hospital ophthalmologic service, with the objective of comparing Blumenthal´s technique with the conventional method in cataract surgery from December 2004 to June 2005. Two groups of patients were studied, namely, the first group operated on by the conventional technique (n= 147) from December 2004 to February 2005 (historical controls) and the second group operated on by Blumenthal´s technique (n= 147) from May to June 2005, Other variables under study were age, sex, surgical time, transoperative and postoperative complications, astigmatism and visual acuity evolution during the first three months after surgery. Blumenthal´s technique was more effective and/or safer for patients than the conventional method, since surgical time was shorter and both transoperative and postoperative complications were less frequent than the patients in the first group. Postoperative average astigmatism was reduced whereas mean visual acuity increased, both staggerly, in the two groups of patients regardless of the used surgical technique.

Palabras clave : Cataract surgery; Blumenthal´s technique.

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