Table 3. Causes of failures in the phaco and medication groups.

Causes of failures	Phaco group (58 eyes)	Medication group
		Owner-led (48 eyes)	Vet-led (44 eyes)	Total (92 eyes)
Glaucoma	8 (13.8)	3 (6.3)	7 (15.9)	10 (10.9)
Lens (or IOL) instability	0 (0.0)	2 (4.2)	1 (2.3)	3 (3.3)
Severe corneal disease	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (4.5)	2 (2.2)
Uncontrolled uveitis	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	4 (9.1)	4 (4.3)
Retinal detachment	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	4 (9.1)	4 (4.3)
Total failures	8 (13.8)	5 (10.4)	18 (40.9)	23 (25.0)

Values are presented as number of eyes (%).

IOL, intraocular lens.