J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1999 Feb;40(2):437-444.

A Clinical Results of Combined Vitrectomy, Cataract Extraction, and Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens Implantation

• Kim CG
• Lee JH
• Jung YC

Abstract

Thirty eyes of thirty patients with coexisting cataract and vitreoretinal disease underwent combined cataract extraction, pars plana vitrectomy and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantaion.Surgical procedures of cataract extraction included phacoemulsification(14 eyes), pars plana lensectomy(11 eyes) and extracapsular lens placed in the capsular bag in 19 eyes following phacoemulsification or extracapsular cataract extraction. Eleven eyes had sulcus fixation of posterior chamber lens following lensectomy.Postoperatviely visual acuity improved in 26 eyes(86.7%), unchanged in 3 eyes(10%) and decreased in 1 eye(3.3%). Final visual acuity was 20/200 or better in 26 eyes(86.75), and 20/40 or better in 11 eyes(36.7%). Postoperative complications included rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with proliferative vitreoretinopathy, neovascular glaucoma and endophthalmitis.Pars plana vitrectomy combined with cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation maybe useful in reducing cost and providing rapid visual rehabilitation.

Keyword

Cataract extraction; Posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation; Vitrectomy

MeSH Terms

Cataract Extraction*
Cataract*
Glaucoma, Neovascular
Humans
Lens Implantation, Intraocular*
Lenses, Intraocular*
Phacoemulsification
Postoperative Complications
Rehabilitation
Retinal Detachment
Visual Acuity
Vitrectomy*
Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative