Comparison between the complications of cataract surgery following local anaesthesia with short stay and general anaesthesia with a five-day hospitalisation.

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Abstract
In Dec. 1979, 97 patients underwent intracapsular cataract extraction under local anesthetic with planned discharge on the day after operation. Of these patients, 23 had a prolonged stay in hospital: 5 required early operative intervention following surgical complications. Patients (16) did not attain a visual acuity better than 6/18. The visual outcome and postoperative course are compared with those of a similar group of patients who stayed in the hospital for 5 days after intracapsular cataract extraction.

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