Mohammad Idris, Sardar Ali, Anwar Ali, Adnan Alam, Jawad Aftab, Mohammad Alam.
Problems and Complications faced by Ophthalmic Residents during Cataract Surgery with Intraocular Lens Implantation.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;12(2):95-7.

Objective: To determine the problems and complications faced by ophthalmology residents during cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation in the ophthalmology unit, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. Introduction: Cataract is any lens opacity, partial or complete, of one or both eyes, impairing vision. Complication during extra capsular cataract surgery includes posterior capsule rent, vitreous loss, corneal edema; corneal striate etc. Extra capsular cataract extraction surgery is relatively simple and straight forward cataract surgery to learn without investment in expensive equipment compared to other surgical procedures like phacoemulsification. Methodology: The study was conducted at Eye Department, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, from 25th June 2011 to 25th December 2011. It was cross sectional interventional study. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used. Results: Out of 150 cases selected for study posterior capsular rent occurred in 15 (10%), cases, vitreous loss was in11 (7.3%), cases striate keratitis in 21 (14%) cases, there was no expulsive hemorrhage in any case. Conclusion: The commonest complications observed in the study were striate keratitis (14%), Posterior Capsule rent (10%) and Vitreous loss (7.3%).

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