Stepped Surgery in Uveitic Cataract: A Novel Approach to a Quiet Eye

Stepped Surgery in Uveitic Cataract: A Novel Approach to a Quiet Eye

This study aims to assess the short-term results of primary phacoemulsification and secondary posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) implantation in patients with uveitis.

Inclusion Criteria:

• the study will include any uveitic patients below 45 years old with complicated cataract and their best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) not better than 6/36 nor worse than hand movement

Exclusion Criteria:

• the study will not include those with visual acuity more than 6/36 or patients with active uveitis or with posterior segment pathology discovered by ultrasonography that may affect to a lager extent the visual prognosis