Issue 3 (2011)

There have been discussed present principles and strategic approaches in cataract treatment in patients with combined lens pathology (glaucoma, pseudoexfoliative syndrome, lens subluxation, syndrome of rigid iris) as the most troublesome group of patients whose frequency of intra- and postoperative complications after cataract extraction has remained relatively high. Turn to extracapsular phacoemulsification of lens contributes to reduction of complication rate in this group of patients though does not make it possible to exclude them completely. There has been given the review of current techniques and some technical aspects of cataract surgical treatment, and have been drawn up the ways to improve the technology phacoemulsification in this complicated group of patients.