Cataract surgery is a known risk factor for RRD, especially if it is complicated with posterior capsular rupture and vitreous loss. The risk is even higher in cases of intracapsular cataract extraction (ICCE). In our study, RRD occurred in 39 [14.2%] pseudophakic and 21 [7.6%] aphakic patients. Therefore, totally 60 [21.7%] patients with RRD in this study had had a history of cataract extraction. A study done by Rowe et al estimated the cumulative probability of RD 10 years after cataract extraction to be 5.5 times higher than those without surgery. Because ICCE is not routinely performed these days, the proportion of aphakic RRD in our study is lower than that of pseudophakic RRD despite the higher risk of RRD associated with aphakia. Another study done by Yorston showed that in Kenya 24.1% and in Zaire 15.2% of eyes with RRD had had cataract surgery, and in a study made in Singapore, previous cataract surgery was observed in 12% of patients with RRD. A study done in East Africa also showed that 46 eyes [12.7%] with RRD were aphakic and 41 [11.4%] were pseudophakic. The proportion of patients with RRD following cataract extraction in our study [21.7%] is comparable to that of the Kenyan and East African studies.