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[Cataract surgery in Romania--2003]
M Zemba1, M Filip, Veronica Bobeico
1Spitalul Clinic de Urgentă Militar Central.
Aim:
to evaluate cataract surgery performed in Romania analyzing: --the number of cataract surgery performed in 2003; --the surgical technique used: intracapsular extraction, extracapsular extraction, phacoemulsification; --the number and type of intraocular lenses used; --the number of ophthalmologists that performed cataract surgery;
Material And Method:
--a questionnaire was sent to all ophthalmologists which do cataract surgery.
Results:
--38,000 surgeries for cataract were performed in 2003; --the surgical techniques used were : Phacoemulsification (18,000 cases), classic extracapsular extraction ( 19,000 cases) and intracapsular extraction (1000 cases); --28,500 rigid and 8,000 foldable intraocular lenses were implanted; - 223 ophthalmologists perform cataract surgery in Romania.
