RETINAL-DETACHMENT FOLLOWING INTRACAPSULAR AND EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT-EXTRACTION - A COMPARATIVE, RETROSPECTIVE FOLLOW-UP-STUDY

In a retrospective study we reviewed the post-operative incidence of r etinal detachment in a consecutive series of 762 eyes operated on with intracapsular cataract extraction and a consecutive series of 1351 ey es operated on with extracapsular cataract extraction. Follow-up time was 2 1/2 - 4 1/2 years in both series. The incidence of retinal detac hment was 0.79% after intracapsular cataract extraction and 0.44% afte r extracapsular cataract extraction. The difference was not statistica lly significant. Age below 70 years was not statistically significantl y correlated to retinal detachment.