[Cataract extraction in uveitis].

UNLABELLED

As a frequent and important complication of uveitis, cataract poses a number of problems concerning surgical indications and techniques. This report discusses thirty patients operated for cataract as a complication of uveitis. The intervention was performed on eyes which had been quiet for six months. Sarcoidosis and Fuch's heterochromia were the principle etiologies. In some cases however, the etiology was unknown. Surgical methods and results are discussed.

IN CONCLUSION

if particular indications are respected and if adequate postoperative anti-inflammatory treatment is provided, surgery for cataract secondary to uveitis has a relatively good prognosis.