[Organization and the results of surgical treatment of cataract with implantation of artificial lenses in ambulatory conditions].

Forty one patients aged 29 to 82 years were subjected to cataract extraction in ambulatory conditions. Fifty eyes were operated, among them 33 with implantation of a posterior chamber artificial lens. In cases of a lack of opacities in the cortex layers their structure was loosened before the operation by a YAG laser. The lens was extracted mainly by phacoemulsification. The ambulatory procedure did not result in any undesirable consequences. The profits of operation performed in such a way were stressed. Attention was called to the fact that by prudent qualification of patients and a careful selection of surgical methods the risk of this kind of treatment is not greater than in stationary conditions.