IT seemed worthwhile confirming the work of Cridland (1955) who recorded a series of cataract extractions under general anaesthesia at a time when this method was used only by a minority. General anaesthesia for all ophthalmic surgery has come to stay. It would not be right to be dogmatic as more work needs to be done but, provided the patient is in satisfactory health, it merits serious consid...

100 consecutive planned Severin intraocular lens insertions following intracapsular cataract extraction are reviewed. Surgical technique, results and complications, including aborted insertions are discussed. The types of patient treated at this military hospital are detailed.

Progression in phacoemulsification techniques for cataract surgery[1-4] has also led to inevitable changes in the delivery of accompanying anesthesia from general to local modalities [5-7] i.e. retrobulbar, peribulbar, Sub-Tenon and topical anesthesia. General anesthesia is preferred for complicated intracapsular cataract extraction (ICCE) surgery as this technique involves significant manipula...