PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Watts, M T
AU  - Pearce, J L
TI  - Day-case cataract surgery.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.72.12.897
DP  - 1988 Dec 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 897--899
VI  - 72
IP  - 12
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/72/12/897.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/72/12/897.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1988 Dec 01; 72
AB  - The results of a series of 40 cataract extractions with lens implantation performed on day-case patients under local anaesthesia are reported. The ways in which modern surgical techniques have rendered this a safe procedure are described, and the potential benefits of day-case intraocular surgery are discussed.