---

Treatment of advanced white cataracts with manual small incision cataract surgery: a prospective study

---

Original Article

Author Details : Anitha S. Maiya, Akshatha M. Dharmesh

Volume : 2, Issue : 4, Year : 2016

Article Page : 295-298

Suggest article by email

Get Permission

---

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the complications and visual outcome of manual small incision cataract surgery in the treatment of advanced white cataracts.
Methods: This prospective study included 50 eyes of 50 consecutive patients with advanced white cataracts who underwent manual small incision cataract surgery. Intraoperative complications and postoperative findings with visual outcomes assessed on postoperative days 1, 7, 15, 30 and 45 were used as the main measures to report the safety and efficacy of the surgery in patients with white cataracts.
Results: Of the 50 eyes studied, 27 had mature cataract, 8 had hypermature cataract and 15 had intumescent mature cataract. Intra-operatively, rhexis run off to the periphery was seen in 10 patients (20%) and none of the patients had posterior capsular rupture or zonular dialysis. Postoperatively, corneal edema was seen in 5 eyes (10%), mild postoperative uveitis in 4 eyes (8%), severe postoperative uveitis in 1 patient (2%) and postoperative IOP spike in one patient (2%). At 45 days postoperatively, 48 patients (96%) had a best corrected visual acuity of 6/9 or better and 2 patients had >6/12.
Conclusions: Manual small incision cataract surgery proves to be a safe and effective surgical option for patients with advanced white cataracts due to its low rates of intraoperative and postoperative complications and good postoperative visual outcomes

How to cite : Maiya A S, Dharmesh A M, Treatment of advanced white cataracts with manual small incision cataract surgery: a prospective study. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2016;2(4):295-298

This is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.