AIM: To investigate the characteristics of scale cataract operations and the effects and experiences of small incision extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens(IOL)implantation in large-scale vision recovery action.

METHODS: Four thousand eight hundred ninety-two cases(4 892 eyes)of cataract were treated by small incision non-phacoemulcification cataract extraction from March 2010 to November 2011 in our hospital(Fuming No.1 surgery car of Shaanxi Province)which were retrospectively analyzed. Visual acuity, intraoperative and postoperative complications, the recovery of postoperative inflammation were observed.

RESULTS: Visual acuity reached 0.3 or more in 4 521 eyes(92.42%)at 1d after the operation, at 3d after the operation in 4 571 eyes(93.44%), there were 4 887 eyes with IOL implantation, implantation rate was 99.90%. All the cases had lesser intraoperative and postoperative complications, and the postoperative inflammation recovered quickly.

CONCLUSION: Small incision extracapsular cataract extraction with IOL implantation is simple, effective, economical, safe and adapting for large-scale vision recovery action.