MAY I BEND DOWN AFTER MY CATARACT OPERATION, DOCTOR

We reviewed the records of 21 patients with posttraumatic wound dehisc ence following cataract surgery to establish the cause of injury and a ssess the complications and outcome following injury, Wound dehiscence most commonly resulted from patients knocking their eye accidentally with their own hand, and falls were the second most frequent cause. No ne of these patients suffered injury as a result of bending down. Eyes that had undergone cataract surgery through corneal sections were mor e prone to wound dehiscence than those operated on via a limbal approa ch, The visual outcome following repair was good in the majority of ca ses, but eyes with expulsion of lens implant and/or vitreous loss fend ed to have a relatively poor outcome.