An analysis of a series of 500 consecutive operations for primary cataract performed in five months in the Government Ophthlamic Hospital, Madras / by R.H. Elliot.

  • Elliot, Robert Henry, 1864-1936.
Date:
1902
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Credit: An analysis of a series of 500 consecutive operations for primary cataract performed in five months in the Government Ophthlamic Hospital, Madras / by R.H. Elliot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    23 J AN ANALYSIS/fe A SERIES OF 500 CON- t SECUTIVE OPERATIONS FOR PRIMARY CATARACT PERFORMED IN FIVE MONTHS IN THE GOVERNMENT OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, MADRAS. From this series all secondary cataracts are excluded. I have also excluded 16 cases in which, though the cataract was presumably primary, the indication for extraction of the lens was the relief of an acute glaucoma which had already destroyed, or nearly destroyed, vision. Five cases in which cataractous lenses which had been couched by native practitioners were removed will be published separately. No other class of cases is excluded and no patient was refused operation provided that there was even a small chance of improving his vision. This explains the failures under the head of “black cataracts”; these were submitted to operation with considerable hesitation. The cataract-operation day in the Government Ophthal- mic Hospital, Madras, is Saturday and the cases coming in during the week are kept for that day. The smallest number operated on in one day was 13 and the largest was 53. On three other occasions more than 40 cataracts were extracted in one morning. In all 464 cases were operated upon on 17 Saturdays, giving an average of a little over 27 per diem. The remaining 36 cases were done on the general operation day (Tuesday) and were mostly cases of very immature cataract which it was thought advisable to relegate to that day in order to avoid too much delay on the