Cataract surgery in patients older than 90 years of age

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. Journal Canadien D'ophtalmologie
Tetsuya MutohMakoto Chikuda

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine whether differences exist after cataract surgery is performed in patients over and under 90 years of age. Retrospective, nonrandomized study. Cataract surgery was performed in 21 patients (31 eyes) who were older than 90 years of age and in 45 patients (70 eyes) who were younger than 90 years of age. The medical records of all patients who underwent cataract surgery between January 2005 and September 2010 at Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital were reviewed. Factors evaluated included systemic disease, changes in systemic condition, surgical time, preoperative and postoperative visual acuity, corneal endothelial cell density, and intraoperative complications. The group of patients older than 90 years of age experienced greater occurrences of systemic disease (p < 0.05; χ(2) test) and intraoperative changes in systemic conditions (p < 0.001; χ(2) test). These patients also had significantly lower preoperative visual acuity (p < 0.001; Student t test). No differences were noted between the 2 age groups in surgical time, postoperative visual acuity, preoperative corneal endothelial cell density, or intraoperative complications. Poorer cataract surgery outcome results were noted in pati...Continue Reading

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Nov 28, 2013·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society·Frank H P LaiAlvin L Young
Jul 30, 2018·Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery·Emily LiPaul B Greenberg
Jul 3, 2019·Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde·Dusica Pahor, Tomaz Gracner
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