Phacoemulsification surgery in 105-year-old patients

Cataract surgery in the elderly and the ill

“…In elderly patients, particularly those with dementia, intraoperative and perioperative fear can have an adverse effect on case completion or outcomes. 8 Finally, a critical component of the effort to accurately quantify the success of surgery in elderly or ill patients is an appropriate tool for measuring the human impact of surgery. Lundstr€ om and Pesudovs (pages ) review the development and validity of several questionnaires for measuring patient-reported activity limitation, an outcome construct that specifically…”