PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - G A Robinson AU - A Nylander TI - Warfarin and cataract extraction. AID - 10.1136/bjo.73.9.702 DP - 1989 Sep 01 TA - British Journal of Ophthalmology PG - 702--703 VI - 73 IP - 9 4099 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/73/9/702.short 4100 - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/73/9/702.full SO - Br J Ophthalmol1989 Sep 01; 73 AB - Ten cataract extractions were performed on eight patients for whom warfarin was not discontinued prior to surgery. Three were complicated by hyphaema. No retrobulbar haemorrhages occurred in the four cases given a local anaesthetic. Cataract surgery can be performed successfully without discontinuing warfarin.