Afzal Qadir, Irfanullah Shah, Mohammad Bilal, Umer Khan, Lal Mohammad, Muhammad Kashif Kamran.
To Determine the frequency of Common Complications following Cataract Surgery by an experienced Surgeon in Diabetic Patients.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;12(1):22-6.

Objectives: To determine the frequency of common complications following cataract surgery by experienced surgeon in diabetic patients in our setup. Material and Methods: A prospective descriptive interventional case series. Department of Ophthalmology, Khyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences (KIOMS), Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, from June 2011 to September 2012. One hundred and twenty nine eyes of 129 patients were selected for this study. Results: Of the total 129 eyes of the diabetic patients above 40 years of age and duration of diabetes at least 5 years, fifty nine (45.7%) were males and seventy (54.3%) were females. MSICS was performed in all the eyes. Uveitis was the most common complication found in twenty (15.50%) eyes, while progression of Diabetic Retinopathy being the least common found in only ten (7.75%) eyes. Worse visual acuity was observed in fourteen (10.85%) eyes. Striate Keratopathy and posterior capsule opacification were found in sixteen (12.40%) and fifteen (11.62%) eyes respectively. Conclusion: The most common complication observed was Uveitis accounting for 15.50% of the cases, followed by striate keratopathy (12.40%), posterior capsule opacification (11.62%), worse visual acuity (10.85%) and progression of Diabetic Retinopathy the least common found in only 7.75% eyes.

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