Psychiatric reactions complicating cataract surgery: a prospective study
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Abstract:
In a prospective study, 50 of 1505 (3.3%) patients undergoing cataract extraction during a three-year period developed postoperative psychiatric reactions. Old age and markedly deteriorated vision seemed to contribute to this complication, which in all cases was reversible.

