A STUDY OF POST OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS OF CATARACT SURGERY

A prospective analysis of the common intra operative, post operative, late post operative and visual outcome after the cataract surgery was analyzed in the present study. Among the 200 cases enrolled, preoperative investigative procedures such as slit lamp examination, keratometry, IOL power calculation, intra ocular pressure and fundus evaluation were carried out. Surgery was performed under peribulbar anaesthesia with Extracapsular Cataract Extraction (ECCE), Small Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS) or Phacoemulsification (Phaco). 7.5% suffered vitreous loss due to posterior capsule rupture where as 5% exhibited endothelial damage. 22% of operated patients suffered posterior capsular opacification whereas 8.5% showed suture related complications. The visual outcome at the end of the 1 st week 6/24 was improved in 36% in ECCE and 32.5% in SICS. At the end of the 4 th week this outcome increased to 72.4% and 72% respectively. Attempts should be made to manage the above mentioned minimal complications with recent technologies and surgeon’s expertise.