Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: RESULTS: Diagnoses of uveitis included idiopathic (15 eyes), sarcoidosis (10 eyes), pars planitis (four eyes), CMV retinitis (two eyes), Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis (two eyes), syphilis (two eyes), and one eye each of tuberculosis, Crohn's disease, HLA-B27 associated, and acute retinal necrosis. Average follow-up was 20 months (range, 3 to 63 months). Best-corrected visual acuity improved in 37 eyes (95%). Average improvement was 4 +/- 3 Snellen acuity lines (range, 1 to 10 lines). Thirty-four eyes (87%) attained final visual acuity better than or equal to 20/40. Visual loss occurred in one eye (3%) with CMV retinitis. No improvement in visual acuity was seen in one eye (3%) that developed a retinal pigment epithelial detachment. Posterior capsule opacification occurred in 24 eyes (62%), 12 of which required Nd:YAG capsulotomy (31%). Other postoperative complications included recurrence of uveitis (41%), cystoid macular edema (33%), epiretinal membrane formation (15%), and posterior synechiae (8%). CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | M F Estafanous, C Y Lowder, D M Meisler, R Chauhan |
Journal | American journal of ophthalmology
(Am J Ophthalmol)
Vol. 131
Issue 5
Pg. 620-5
(May 2001)
ISSN: 0002-9394 [Print] United States |
PMID | 11336937
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Cataract
(complications, therapy)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Lens Implantation, Intraocular
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phacoemulsification
- Postoperative Complications
- Recurrence
- Retrospective Studies
- Treatment Outcome
- Uveitis
(complications, surgery)
- Visual Acuity
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