OBJECTIVE: To assess whether phacoemulsification cataract surgery exacerbates the
development and progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a cataract surgical cohort …

Purpose In the United States, approximately three million cataract surgeries are performed
annually. Although cataract surgery has been demonstrated to improve vision in up to 95 …

Purpose: To study the effect of cataract surgery and other factors on the progression of
diabetic retinopathy using the nonoperated contralateral eye as a control. Setting …

Recent studies do not support the generalized conclusion that phacoemusification surgery
causes progression of retinopathy and macular edema in all diabetic patients. In certain …

PURPOSE: To study the effect of phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular
lens implantation on the course of diabetic retinopathy using the nonoperated fellow eye as …

Introduction A study was designed to investigate the visual improvement and incidence of
progression of retinopathy in diabetic patients following extracapsular cataract extraction or …

Purpose: To determine the frequency of visually significant cataracts after vitrectomy for
complications of diabetic retinopathy. Methods: We studied 40 patients and 56 concurrent …

Background: This retrospective study was conducted to analyze the progression rates of
diabetic retinopathy (DR) after phacoemulsification in diabetic patients and to determine …

Aim: To determine if uncomplicated phacoemulsification cataract surgery is associated with
an accelerated rate of progression of diabetic retinopathy or maculopathy postoperatively …

Diabetes mellitus is associated with a 5‐fold higher prevalence of cataracts, which remains
a major cause of blindness in the world. Typical diabetic cataracts contain cortical and/or …