RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Comparison between the complications of cataract surgery following local anaesthesia with short stay and general anaesthesia with a five-day hospitalisation.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 360
OP 363
DO 10.1136/bjo.69.5.360
VO 69
IS 5
A1 S A Vernon
A1 H Cheng
YR 1985
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/69/5/360.abstract
AB In December 1979 97 patients underwent intracapsular cataract extraction under local anaesthetic with planned discharge on the day after operation. Twenty-three of these patients had a prolonged stay in hospital, and five of these required early operative intervention following surgical complications. Sixteen patients did not attain a visual acuity better than 6/18. The visual outcome and postoperative course are compared with those of a similar group of patients who stayed in hospital for five days after intracapsular cataract extraction.