Changes in anterior chamber depth and intraocular pressure after phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation
Autor: | Osman Çekiç, Zilelioglu O, Coşar Batman, M I Emre, Yüksel Totan |
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Rok vydání: | 1998 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Intraocular pressure medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Anterior Chamber medicine.medical_treatment Intraocular lens Cataract extraction Tonometry Ocular Postoperative Complications Lens Implantation Intraocular Posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation Ophthalmology medicine Humans Prospective Studies Intraocular Pressure Aged Ultrasonography Phacoemulsification business.industry Goldmann Applanation Tonometer Middle Aged eye diseases Posterior chamber intraocular lens sense organs business |
Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
ISSN: | 1082-3069 |
Popis: | * BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To determine anterior chamber depth (ACD) and intraocular pressure (IOP) following uncomplicated cataract extraction with phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. * PATIENTS AND METHODS: The ACDs and IOPs of 56 patients were prospectively evaluated after phacoemulsification and IOL implantation. Measurements of ACD were performed using ultrasonography and measurements of IOP were performed using a Goldmann applanation tonometer preoperatively and at 1 week and 1, 3, 6, and 9 months postoperatively. RESULTS: The mean IOP had decreased and the mean ACD had increased significantly by 1 month postoperatively (P < .03 and P < .01, respectively). Between 1 and 3 months, a significant increase in ACD (P < .05) and decrease in IOP (P < .01) was also observed. The ACD peaked (3-51 ± 0.45 mm) and the IOP reached its lowest value (10.05 ± 2.23 mm Hg) at 3 months postoperatively. The reduction in IOP and increase in ACD remained significant during the follow-up period, compared with the preoperative values. * CONCLUSION: These results suggest that increases in ACD and decreases in IOP occur in selected patients after uncomplicated cataract extraction by phacoemulsification with IOL implantation. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1998;29:639-642.] |
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