| Clinical Study on the Cryo-extraction of the Lens in Senile Cataract. |
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Byung Guk Bak, Yong Hyun Jo, Kyung Il Jo |
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Department of Ophthalmology, CoIlege of Medicine, Busan National University, Busan, Korea. |
| 수정체 낭내적출술에 관한 임상적 고찰 |
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박병국(Byung Gook Park),조용현(Yong Hyun Cho),조경일(Kyung Il Cho) |
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| Abstract |
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The authors report the result of cryo-extraction of the lens in 50 eyes (44 cases) which were operated in B.N.D. Hospital from January 1978 to April 1980. The results are as follows: 1. The incidences of complication during operation were hyphema(8%), vitreous loss and rupture of the lens capsule(2%). Hyphema was the most common complication during operation. 2. The incidences of early postoperative complication were striate keratitis(26%), hyphema (2%), shallow anterior chamber(2%) and uveitis. 3. The incidences of late postoperative complication were vitreous prolapse into anterior chamber (6%), updrawn pupil(6%), macular edema(4%) and posterior synechia (2%), corneal degeneration with abnormal tissue growth into anterior chamber (2%), iris atrophy (2%) and vitreous opacity (2%). 4. The postoperative final visual acuity more than 0.5 were 37 eyes(74%) and less than 0.1 were 2 eyes(4%). |
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