Cataract surgery: rational algorithm of postoperative examination of patients

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The article is devoted to the presentation of a rational algorithm of post-operative visits of patients who have undergone phacoemulsification. Uncomplicated phacoemulsification of senile cataract performed by an experienced surgeon allows giving up postoperative examinations at the clinic confining them to one visit to a polyclinic in the home area during two weeks after the procedure, but only if the two following preconditions are met. The first is the ability of the patient to promptly report any changes in his health and, if necessary, to arrive immediately for examination at the clinic. The second is effective pharmaceutical support for phacoemulsification, which is intended to solve two main tasks — prevention of infectious complications and control of inflammation.

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Vadim P. Nikolaenko

City Multidisciplinary Hospital No. 2; Saint Petersburg State University

Email: dr.Nikolaenko@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6393-1289
SPIN-code: 4906-2542

MD, Dr. Sc. (Medicine)

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint Petersburg

Dmitrii F. Belov

City Multidisciplinary Hospital No. 2; Saint Petersburg State University

Email: belovd1990@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0776-4065
SPIN-code: 2380-2273

MD

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint Petersburg

Anastasiia V. Аntonova

City Multidisciplinary Hospital No. 2; Saint Petersburg State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: dr.antonova.av@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2639-2765
SPIN-code: 2166-3936

MD

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint Petersburg

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