[Cataract surgery in diabetic patients]. / Chirurgia cataractei la pacientii diabetici.

PURPOSE: Analysis of functional results, per- and postoperative complications after cataract surgery in diabetic patients. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Retrospective study including 100 non-diabetic patients and 50 patients with type II diabetes, with extracapsular extraction and IOL implantation in the postoperator chamber followed for 10.3-7.3 months postoperative complications. RESULTS: Postoperative visual acuity was lower in diabetic patients (0.317 +/- 0.24) versus non-diabetic patients (0.634 +/- 0.30); postoperative visual acuity was lower in diabetic patients without retinopathy (0.437 +/- 0.26) versus diabetic patients with non-proliferative retinopathy (0.348 +/- 0.26) or diabetic proliferative retinopathy (0.116 +/- 0.11); the incidence of per- and postoperative complications (early and late) is higher in diabetic patients compared with the control group. CONCLUSIONS: Cataract surgery in diabetic patients is followed by higher rate of per- and postoperative complications. The postoperative functional result is dependent, in principal, on the retinal status of the diabetic patient and, secondary, on the per- and postoperative complications.