RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Warfarin and cataract extraction.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 702
OP 703
DO 10.1136/bjo.73.9.702
VO 73
IS 9
A1 G A Robinson
A1 A Nylander
YR 1989
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/73/9/702.abstract
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.