Cataract surgery and anticoagulants

Sixty-nine new cases are reported to reinforce the author's contention that anticoagulants should not be terminated for cataract surgery. All surgeries were performed through clear corneal wounds and 44 utilized topical anesthesia. As no blood vessels are encountered by this technique, bleeding is not possible; the remainder of the procedures were done under regional anesthesia, producing one retrobulbar hemorrhage.