TO EVALUATE OUTCOMES OF PHACOEMULSIFICATION ON HARD NUCLEOUS CATARACT PATIENTS

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of phacoemulsification procedure in treatment cataract with hard nucleous. Material and Methods: 54 cataract patients (54 eyes) with nucleous hardness grade 3, 4, 5 had been phacoemulsificated with intraocular len (IOL) implantation at Hue Eye Hospital from July 2016 to March 2017. Collecting data about age, sex, clinical characteristics, visual acuity pre and post operation, variable of event, complications intra and postoperation, variable of technical characteristics such as time and power of phacoemulsification. Results: 54 patients (54 eyes) including 30 females (55.5%) and 24 males (44.5%) were operated and the mean age was 71.85 ± 6.4. Preoperatively, vision acuity was under 1/10 in all eyes, including 32 eyes (59.3%) had vision acuity from light perception to under count finger 2 metter. One day postoperatively, 100% eyes had visual acuity higher than 1/10. One month postoperative, 52 eyes (96.3%) achieve best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was higher than 5/10. Three months postoperatively, BCVA is higher than 7/10 in 30 eyes (55.6%). Conclusion: Inspite of cataract with hard nucleus, the phacoemulsification procedure with IOL implantation can be performed and it gives a good result. Key words: phacoemulsification, hard nucleous cataract