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Anales de la Sociedad Mexicana de Oftalmología y Archivos de la Asociación Para Evitar la Ceguera en México

2010, Number 2

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Rev Mex Oftalmol 2010; 84 (2)

Reporte de una campaña quirúrgica de catarata del Instituto Nacional de Salud

Barojas-Weber EE, San Juan-Estrada E, Ortega-Larrocea MIG

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 91-95
PDF size: 126.20 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: In Mexico we realize outdoor surgery campaigns (High number of cataract surgeries in a short period of time) through all the States of the Republic. Most of the time there is a report of the number of procedures but not of the ophthalmological characteristics of the patients.
Objective: To report the outcome and ophthalmic characteristics of the patients who were operated during a surgery campaign at the Ophthalmology Service of the Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion.
Patients and methods: 218 patients were operated by an expert surgeon following the clinical guidelines for cataract surgery of the Ophthalmology Service of the Institute.
Results: A total of 205 surgeries were performed. Phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation in 138 eyes (68 %) and extra-capsular extractions with intraocular lens implantation in 54 eyes (27 %). There were 13 complicated surgeries (6 %) that were resolved during the same surgery or in a second procedure.
Conclusions: Performing cataract surgery campaigns in a third level institution ensures a surgical success of more than 90 % in a short period of time.


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