Profile of cataract patients in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Rangoon.

We report on our experience of cataract surgery in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital (EENTH), Rangoon. Cataract patients constituted 52% of all those admitted with eye diseases to the EENTH in a year. The mean number of cataract cases operated per month was 282. Among cataracts the senile form was the commonest. The female to male ratio for senile cataract patients was 1.2, and the average age at admission was 68 years. The mean duration of stay in hospital was 7 days with an operation time of 19 min. The patients had to come to hospital for follow-up for an average period of 3.1 months to complete treatment. The need to consider cataract surgery as an outpatient procedure is discussed.