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Abstract #6575 Published in IGR 3-2
Course of glaucoma following intraocular lens implantation
Yamakawa K; Watanabe M; Agatsuma J; Saito A; Amemiya TJapanese Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology 2001; 55: 1151-1154
The authors reviewed 88 glaucoma eyes of 72 patients following cataract surgery with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation during the past eight years. Their ages averaged 69.5 ± 13.8 years. All the cases were followed up for one year or longer. Neither the method of cataract surgery, type of IOL, nor the state of IOL fixation was related to visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), or temporary IOP rise after surgery. There was no difference in the course of visual acuity, IOP, or visual field between five eyes that developed capsular rupture and 83 eyes that did not. The incidence of temporary postoperative IOP rise was three eyes (60%) with capsular rupture and ten eyes (12%) without. This difference was significant (p = 0.003). It appeared that this difference was due to inflammation and residual viscoelastic material in eyes with capsular rupture. LA: Japanese
Dr K. Yamakawa, Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki-shi 852-8501, Japan
Classification:
12.12.3 Phacoemulsification (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.12 Cataract extraction)
