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Abstract #6940 Published in IGR 4-1
Comparison of long-term incidence of posterior capsular opacification between phacoemulsification and phacotrabeculectomy
Shin DH; Vandenbelt SM; Kim PH; Gross JP; Keole NS; Lee SH; Birt CM; Reed SYAmerican Journal of Ophthalmology 2002; 133: 40-47
PURPOSE: To investigate the long-term incidence of posterior capsular opacification after phacoemulsification compared with phacotrabeculectomy with or without adjunctive subconjunctival mitomycin C. METHODS: This was a retrospectively conducted long-term, observational, case-control study. One hundred eyes of 100 cataract patients who underwent phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation and 100 eyes of 100 primary open-angle glaucoma patients with cataract that underwent phacotrabeculectomy and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation, matched with respect to age, intraocular lens type, prevalence of diabetes mellitus, and length of follow-up. The main outcome measure was the rate of clinically significant posterior capsular opacification as determined by slit-lamp biomicroscopy and necessity to perform Nd:YAG capsulotomy and as calculated by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. Postoperative visual acuity and maintenance of intraocular pressure control were also measured. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in the rate of posterior capsular opacification requiring Nd:YAG capsulotomy between the phacoemulsification and phacotrabeculectomy groups (p = 0.77). However, a significant difference in the rate of posterior capsular opacification was found between those patients without diabetes mellitus and those with a preoperative diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (p = 0.016). Also, survival analysis comparing use of mitomycin C with no use of mitomycin C in the phacotrabeculectomy group showed a higher survival in the mitomycin C subgroup (p = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: There was no significant difference in long-term posterior capsular opacification between phacoemulsification and phacotrabeculectomy in the study population. Intraoperative, adjunctive use of mitomycin C in the phacotrabeculectomy group and the presence of diabetes mellitus in the overall patients were beneficial (protective) factors against posterior capsular opacification.
Dr. D.H. Shin, Kresge Eye Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201-1423, USA. dongshin@med.wayne.edu
Classification:
12.12.3 Phacoemulsification (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.12 Cataract extraction)
12.14.3 Phacoemulsification (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.14 Combined cataract extraction and glaucoma surgery)