ArticleClinical interventions in aging2013
Results of cataract surgery in the very elderly population.
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- Visual acuity and ocular comorbidities in patients aged 100 years and older: A retrospective, crosssectional study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025Article
- Advanced Age Does Not Predispose to Intraoperative Complications Among High-Risk Cataract Surgeries.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Importance of Grading Cataracts in Predicting Recovery Time and Final Visual Outcomes After Cataract Surgery.Cureus · 2024Article
- The Minimally Important Difference (MID) in Visual Acuity That Represents Changes in Patients' Quality of Life.Cureus · 2024Review
- Evaluation of the impact of cataract surgery on cognitive function in very elderly patients: a prospective, observational study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Observational
- A Primary Care Provider's Guide to Cataract Surgery in the Very Elderly.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2019Article
- Intraoperative Complications of Cataract Surgery Using Intracameral Illumination in the Elderly over 75 Years.Journal of ophthalmology · 2019Article
- Visual acuity improvement after phacoemulsification cataract surgery in patients aged ≥90 years.BMC ophthalmology · 2018Article
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Abstract
aimThe aim of our study was to retrospectively evaluate the effectiveness and safety of cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation (IOL) for patients aged 90 years or older, whom we define as "very elderly."
methodsThe study involved a total number of 122 patients (122 eyes) with senile cataracts. The mean age of patients was 91.2 ± 2.3 years (range 90-100 years old). Phacoemulsification (phaco) was done on 113 of 122 eyes, and 9 of 122 eyes had extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE). Postoperative visual acuity and intraocular pressure (IOP) were analyzed on the first postoperative day, 3 months after surgery, and 6 months after surgery.
resultsBest corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improved in 100 of 122 eyes (82.0%). BCVA remained the same in 20 of 122 eyes (16.4%) and decreased in 2 of 122 eyes (1.6%), mainly because of coexisting age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The BCVA 3 months after surgery was ≥0.8 in 23 of 122 eyes (18.9%), between 0.5 and 0.7 in 28 of 122 eyes (22.3%), and between 0.2 and 0.4 in 33 of 122 eyes (27.1%). We found significant implications of cataract surgery on decreasing IOP in the studied group of patients suffering from glaucoma compared to the patients without glaucoma.
conclusionAdvanced age is not a contraindication for cataract surgery. The results of the study showed that when systemic conditions are stable, both phaco and ECCE with IOL for very elderly patients are effective and safe.
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