FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: before performing cataract extraction, patient's lacrimal fluid is subjected to analysis in order to determine individual level of tumor necrosis α factor of that specific patient. If factor concentration is at least 4.8 ng/ml, development of inflammatory postoperative complications is prognosticated. EFFECT: higher precision of immunological prognosis.
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1997-08-27—Published
1993-06-23—Filed