Reasons for low vision after surgery of elderly cataract patients of Disabled Persons' Federation in Hangzhou

VernacularTitle:杭州市残联老年人白内障术后低视力原因分析
Author: Qibin XU ; Guozhong XU ; Liwei ZHU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Aged; Cataract
From: Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2014;13(7):585-587
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Retrospective analyses of clinical data were performed for 518 elderly cataract patients (856 eyes) of Disabled Persons' Federation in Hangzhou,Zhejiang Province.For 69 eyes (8.06％),corneal edema was a major factor of low vision during early postoperative period; for 23 eyes (2.69％),delayed cataract was an important cause of low vision during long-term postoperative period.The best corrected visual acuity of 120 eyes caused by nonsurgical factors was diabetic retinopathy (48 eyes,48.00％),senile macular degeneration (25 eyes,20.80％),high myopia retinopathy (17 eyes,14.20％),optic never injury in glaucoma (16 eyes,13.30％),macular membrane & hole (5 eyes,4.20％) and amblyopia & corneal leucoma (9 eyes,7.50％).Retinal disease is the most important reason of low vision after cataract surgery.And surgery remains the most effective treatment for cataract.