[First 5 years in facoemulsification in Department of Ophthalmology in Oradea County Hospital]

The retrospective study of cataract surgery with new technique, phacoemulsification, prove that the method implementation was a success in Ophthalmology Department of University Emergency Hospital Oradea. The phacoemulsification demonstrated it is superior in functional rehabilitation and in the socio/professional reintegration of patient. In year 2005 the number of patients with cataract with phacoemulsification surgery was 98 of total of 521 cataracts. The number of intervention increased from year to year to amount that the phacoemusification was practiced in all patients in 2009. The small incision reduced the risk of intra-operator incidents and some post-operator complications, the hospitalization period was reduced by half.