Abstract

PEREZ GONZALEZ, Henry; GARCIA CONCHA, Yanet  and  ZOZAYA ALDANA, Beatriz. Results of cataract surgery by using Blumenthal tchnique at "José Martí" Eye Hospital Uruguay 2009. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2011, vol.24, n.2, pp. 230-238. ISSN 0864-2176.

Objective: To determine behavior of cataract surgery using the Blumenthal technique in “José Martí” Eye Hospital in Uruguay. 2009 Methods: A longitudinal descriptive study was retrospectively carried out. The universe of study was 7800 patients operated on from cataract during the study period and 780 of them were the sample selected by systematic probability sampling. Results: Among the surgical patients, 54.4% were over 75 years old and the 71.5% were females. Senile cataract (94.6%) prevailed and glaucoma was the most frequent ocular antecedent (10.4%). Visual recovery was favorable when comparing results before and after surgery: visual acuity (0.12 to 0.66), refractive sphere (-2.2 to 0.93) and induced astigmatism (0,41D). Transoperative complications were present in 3.6% of patients. Few postoperative complications were encountered, being the most frequent transient corneal edema (8,8%) followed by posterior capsular opacification (4.7%). Conclusions: Visual acuity also improves after surgery with a little number of transoperative and postoperative complications. Cataract surgery performed by Blumenthal technique has proven to be effective and safe.

Keywords : Cataract; cataract extraction; intraoperative complications.

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