J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1998 Dec;39(12):2946-2951.

Clinical Study of Cataract Surgery in Patients Over 80 Years of Age

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  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University.

Abstract

To analyze the preoperative and postoperative characteristics of the patients over 80 years of age who had undergone cataract extraction, we reviewed the clinical records of 120 patients(167 eyes) over 80 years of age. The preoperative visual acuity was worse than 2/20 in 139 eyes(84%) and the preoperative visual acuity of 76 eyes(45%) were hand motion or worse. One hundred and twelve eyes(67%) had cataract more dense than nucleosclerosis of grade III and 54 eyes had total cataract. Seven patients were not cooperative enough to check the postoperative visual acuity. Among the 113 patients(156 eyes) with the measured postoperative visual acuity, 73 eyes(47%) resulted in the visual acuity of 20/40 or better. Among 83 patients with the postoperative visual acuity less than 20/40, the ocular 28 eyes. In conclusion, 25%(39 eyes among 156 eyes) of the patients older than 80 years could not see better than 20/40 after cataract surgery without any ocular organic pathologies. Age factor can have the predictive value of visual outcome after cataract extraction.

Keyword

Age factor; cataract surgery

MeSH Terms

Age Factors
Cataract Extraction
Cataract*
Hand
Humans
Pathology
Visual Acuity
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