PURPOSE: To evaluate the outcome and safety of phacoemulsification performed under topical anesthesiain cases with several complexities. METHODS: Cases performed under topical anesthesia from january 2009 to april 2011 were analyzed. Variables analyzed included patients age, sex, race, systemic diseases, eyes comorbidities, type of cataract, visual acuity before and after the surgery, complications, number of conversions to peribulbar anesthesia and IOL power. Patients with uncompleted data were excluded from analysis. RESULTS: A total of 111 eyes were analyzed; only cases with ocular comorbidities were statistically significant (p=0,004). CONCLUSION: the data analysis suggests that phacoemulsification performed under topical anesthesia is safeand effective in cases of different complexities.
Phacoemulsification; Anesthesia, topical; Anesthesia; Comorbidity
