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Abstract
Patients with vitreoretinal disease requiring surgical intervention frequently have coexisting lens opacification. In addition, even if the cataract does not reduce the visual function before surgery, it often progresses postoperatively as a result of vitreoretinal surgery and the use of intracocular gas or silicone oil. Simultaneous cataract and vitreoretinal surgery offers the advantages of better intraoperative retinal visualization, performing sufficient peripheral vitrectomy, earlier visual rehabilitation, single convalescence period, is cost effective and is arguably safer since only one anesthetic procedure is performed. The study was performed on 38 eyes of 38 patients. All had clinically significant cataract and vitreoretinal pathology requiring vitrectomy. For all patients combined phacoemulsification pars plana vitrectomy and IOL implantation were done. They were divided into two groups:
Group (A): 18 eyes were performed with no tamponade.
Group (B): 20 eyes were performed with tamponade, which consisted of silicone oil (14 eyes) or non expansile gas SF6 (3 eyes) and C3F8 3 eyes).