Per-operative complications of phacoemulsification in patients with pseudoexfoliation

Aim: to determine the frequency of intraoperative complications of cataract extraction with phacoemulsification in patients with pseudo exfoliation syndrome methods: this study was conducted at ophthalmology department,mayo hospital lahore from 1st january 2016 to 30th june 2016. all the patients underwent cataract surgery with phacoemulsification procedure,after giving local or topical anesthesia. the surgery was performed by a competent surgeon who had at least 5 years' experience of performing cataract surgery. per-operative complications i.e. zonular dialysis,posterior capsular rent and vitreous loss was detected during surgery and their presence was labeled as per-op definition. data was stratified for age and duration of cataract,post stratification chi-square test was applied,p-value <0.05 was considered significant. results: the average age was 60.44±6.06 years. mean duration of cataract of the patients was 5.37±2.26 months. the complication zonular dialysis was found in 16(10%),posterior capsular rent was noted in 16 (10%) cases and vitreous loss was found in 13(8.1%) patient. conclusion: the most common peroperative complication is zonular dialysis and posterior capsular rent and vitreous loss was least common complication of cataract extraction in patients with pseudo exfoliation syndrome.