Intraocular Pressure after Extracapsular Cataract Extraction with Implantation of Posterior Chamber Lenses.
- Author:
Won Ryang WEE
1
;
Dong Ho YOUN
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Anterior Chamber;
Cataract Extraction*;
Cataract*;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Intraocular Pressure*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1987;28(6):1303-1307
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
115 cases of extracapsular cataract extraction(ECCE) and ciliary sulcus fixation of posterior chamber lens implantation had intraocular pressure(IOP) measurements recorded more than 2 months postoperatively. These results were compared to the unoperated fellow eyes, as well as to a group of 14 patients who had ECCE and implantation of an anterior chamber lens. The posterior chamber lens implanted eyes demonstrated a significant IOP reduction after surgery compared to the unoperated fellow eyes and the anterior chamber lens implanted eyes. In the posterior chamber lens implanted eyes, there was a significant IOP reduction after surgery in all age groups and there was a significant IOP reduction in the eyes with from 2 to 6 months and from 7 to 12 months follow-up after surgery, but no IOP change in the eyes with more than 1 year follow-up after surgery. We concluded that in the cases of ECCE and ciliary sulcus fixation of posterior chamber lens implantation, IOP was reduced a while after surgery, but approached to preoperative level as time went on.
