Two Operated cases in Juvenile Diabetic Cataract.

Kim, Kie Ryong; Hwang, Young Ja; Shim, Wan Seop

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1979;20(3):421-424.
Published online March 1, 1979.

Two Operated cases in Juvenile Diabetic Cataract.

Kie Ryong Kim, Young Ja Hwang, Wan Seop Shim

Department of Ophthalmoloy, College of Medicine, Chung-Nam University, Tae Jeon, Korea.

년소성 당뇨병성 백내장 수술 2예

김기룡 , 황영자 , 심완섭 ( Kie Ryong Kim , Young Ja Hwang , Wan Seop Shim )

Abstract

Of the complictions of cataract extraction, it is well known that hemorrhage, infection and delayed wound healing are more frequent in diabetics than in nondiabetics. But if the extraction was performed after diabetes has adequately controlled for several weeks prior to operation, the visual results are almost as good in diabetics as in non-diabetics. However, with precautions for these complications, the aut hers carefully performed cataract extraction in two juvenile diabetics, whose blood sugar level had been poorly controlled in spited of diabetic diet and subcutaneous injection of the insulin before and after operation. The visual results were very good in spite of high blood sugar level before operation.