[The exfoliative syndrome. The risk factor in extracapsular surgery of the crystalline lens].

The exfoliative syndrome is a risk factor of the extracapsular surgery of the crystalline. Thus, on a lot of 868 operated eyes for cataract through EEC +/- IOL, 10 were founded presenting the exfoliative syndrome (1,15%). On these cases it was possible to mark the increased incidence of the intra- and postoperative complications, such as the insufficient dilatation of the pupil, the tearing of the posterior capsule, the loss of the vitreous, the modifications of the corneal endothelium, the increasing of the postoperative intraocular pressure, as well as the more frequent opacification of the posterior capsule.