Abstract | BACKGROUND: SETTING: Eye clinic of Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania. Prospective randomised clinical study. METHODS: Seventy-four eyes of 74 patients scheduled for cataract surgery were included in a prospective randomised clinical study. Thirty-seven eyes of 37 patients received a three-piece acrylic hydrophobic (AcrySof, MA3OBA, Alcon) IOL; and thirty-seven eyes of 37 patients received a one-piece acrylic hydrophobic (AcrySof, SA3OAL, Alcon) IOL. Visual acuity, anterior capsule opacification (ACO), capsular folds, capsulorrhexis/optic overlapping and posterior capsule opacification (PCO) were evaluated. ACO was assessed subjectively. PCO values in the entire IOL optic area and in the central 3 mm optic zone were assessed using a photographic image-analysis system (EPCO2000). Follow-ups were performed postoperatively at 1 day, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in best corrected visual acuity, grade of ACO and capsulorrhexis/optic overlapping between IOL types during the follow-up period. Patients in the one-piece acrylic hydrophobic IOL group more frequently presented with capsular folds behind the IOL optic area than those in the three-piece IOL group. In the three-piece acrylic hydrophobic IOL group, PCO values (mean (SD)) of the entire IOL optic area were significantly lower six months postoperative (three-piece: 0.002 (0.009); one-piece: 0.007 (0.017); p=0.04), one year postoperative (three-piece: 0.004 (0.016); one-piece: 0.026 (0.041); p=0.001) as well as one year postoperative in the central 3 mm optic zone (three-piece: 0.000 (0.0002); one-piece: 0.019 (0.049); p=0.001). However, two years postoperative, the PCO values of the groups did not show significant differences (entire IOL optic area: three-piece, 0.136 (0.223); one-piece, 0.154 (0.190); p=0.18; central zone: three-piece, 0.023 (0.065); one-piece: 0.020 (0.039); p=0.44). CONCLUSION: The 2 year follow-up after cataract surgery showed no significant difference in ACO and PCO development between three-piece and one-piece acrylic hydrophobic intraocular lenses.
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Authors | Reda Zemaitiene, Vytautas Jasinskas, Gerd U Auffarth |
Journal | The British journal of ophthalmology
(Br J Ophthalmol)
Vol. 91
Issue 5
Pg. 644-8
(May 2007)
ISSN: 0007-1161 [Print] England |
PMID | 17124239
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Cataract
(physiopathology)
- Cataract Extraction
(instrumentation)
- Humans
- Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
- Lens Capsule, Crystalline
- Lenses, Intraocular
- Postoperative Complications
(prevention & control)
- Prospective Studies
- Prosthesis Design
- Treatment Outcome
- Visual Acuity
(physiology)
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