BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To record the surgical peculiarities during phacoemulsification in patients with type II diabetes. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective, noncomparative analysis. Data from 58 eyes of 43 patients having significant cataract with type II diabetes of more than 5 years' duration who underwent phacoemulsification were considered. Intraoperative difficulties and complications were noted and analyzed. RESULTS: In 24.13% (n = 14) of the cases, the nucleus could not be divided after initial trenching. The management of the nucleus and the cortex required modifications in the surgical technique. CONCLUSIONS: Type II diabetic cataracts were sticky and leathery in approximately one-quarter of the cases.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To record the surgical peculiarities during phacoemulsification in patients with type II diabetes. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective, noncomparative analysis. Data from 58 eyes of 43 patients having significant cataract with type II diabetes of more than 5 years' duration who underwent phacoemulsification were considered. Intraoperative difficulties and complications were noted and analyzed. RESULTS: In 24.13% (n = 14) of the cases, the nucleus could not be divided after initial trenching. The management of the nucleus and the cortex required modifications in the surgical technique. CONCLUSIONS:Type II diabetic cataracts were sticky and leathery in approximately one-quarter of the cases.
Authors: Ahmad M Mansour; Iqbal Ike K Ahmed; Abdul Razzak Charbaji; Hana A Mansour; Khalil M El Jawhari Journal: Eye (Lond) Date: 2021-03-05 Impact factor: 3.775