Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Retrospective review. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-eight patients (36 eyes). INTERVENTION: MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Level of best-corrected Snellen visual acuity, change in visual acuity, length of follow-up, long-term findings, and complications. RESULTS: In long-term follow-up (mean, 81.4 months), 94% of eyes had visual acuity improvement compared with preoperative levels. Average change in visual acuity for all eyes was an improvement of 6.4 Snellen lines; 75% of eyes were 20/40 or better. The prevalences of cystoid macular edema (CME), epiretinal membrane (ERM), and posterior capsule opacification (PCO) were 56%, 56%, and 58%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with uveitis who are treated with ECCE with PCIOL implantation can have successful visual results in long-term follow-up despite the prevalence of PCO or macular abnormalities such as CME and ERM.
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Authors | R Krishna, D M Meisler, C Y Lowder, M Estafanous, R E Foster |
Journal | Ophthalmology
(Ophthalmology)
Vol. 105
Issue 9
Pg. 1765-9
(Sep 1998)
ISSN: 0161-6420 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9754189
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Cataract
(complications)
- Cataract Extraction
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Lens Implantation, Intraocular
- Lenses, Intraocular
- Male
- Polymethyl Methacrylate
- Postoperative Complications
- Retrospective Studies
- Uveitis, Anterior
(complications)
- Uveitis, Posterior
(complications)
- Visual Acuity
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