[Secondary glaucoma after cataract surgery]

The analysis of 900 operated cataract cases shows that for 16 cases the secondary glaucoma has appeared 1,77 p. 100. As pathogenesis, in 5 cases by being late for recover of the anterior chamber, in 2 cases by vitrean obstruction, in 2 cases by the anterior chamber epithelisation, and in one case the secondary glaucoma has been post-haemoragical. The medical treatment has been diversificated according to the cause which has generated it, with normalisation of the ocular pressure and sight ameliorations in 50 p. 100 of cases. It is shown that the prophylaxis measures which are imposed for the far diminuation of the frequency in the secondary glaucoma cases after the cataract operation.