Intraocular Pressure Change Following Nd: YAG Laser Posterior Capsulotomy in After Cataract.
- Author:
Han Joon PARK
1
;
Jong Wook KIM
;
Yong Sik KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Konyang Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
After cataract;
Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy;
Intraocular pressure
- MeSH:
Cataract*;
Fluorometholone;
Intraocular Pressure*;
Lasers, Solid-State*;
Lenses, Intraocular;
Neodymium;
Phacoemulsification;
Posterior Capsulotomy*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2000;41(11):2338-2342
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Intraocular pressures (IOP)were measured following Neodymium (Nd): YAG laser posterior capsulotomy in 51 pseudophakic eyes which had been treated with phacoemulsification and intraocular lens in the bag.Group 1 was no medical treated, group 2 was treated with 0.5%apraclonidine preoperatively, group 3 was treated with fluorometholone postoperatively, and group 4 was treated with 0.5%apraclonidine preoperatively and with fluorometholone postoperatively.IOP was measured preoperatively and 1, 3, 24 hours and 1 week postoperatively.Four eyes (7.8%)had greater than 5 mmHg elevation of IOP (1 eye in group 1, 3 eyes in group 3)and all of them decreased IOP to normal level within 3 hours.In summary, there was no or little IOP elevation without any medical treatment in eyes which had been treated with phacoemulsification and intraocular lens in the bag and had intact posterior lens capsule.
