Smeets B, Tabandeh H, Teimory M, Seward H
Eye Unit, Leuven University Hospital, Belgium.
Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. 1993;249:23-8.
We prospectively analysed the complications and visual outcome of the first 160 phacoemulsification procedures performed by three surgeons in training under supervision. The main complications were posterior capsular tear (4,35%), vitreous loss (3,3%), nuclear loss (none) and surgical reintervention (one). Postoperative visual acuity was 0,7 or better in 94% of eyes without pre-existing pathology. Only one eye did not have a posterior chamber lens implanted.
