Purpose: To evaluate the ocular alterations due to cataract surgery with IOL implant in leprosy patients and compare them with patients without leprosy. Methods: In this study, 122 leprosy patient eyes and 71 eyes from patients without leprosy underwent extracapsular cataract surgery and/or phacoemulsification with IOL implant and were examined periodically after the operation. Results: Ocular alterations due to surgery and IOL presence were found more often in leprosy patients. Conclusions: IOL used in leprosy patient is an appropriate procedure when we face patients with the disease handicaps.
Lenses, intraocular; Cataract extraction; Leprosy
