First Author: B.Vieira PORTUGAL
Co Author(s): P. Rodrigues J. Serino J. Martins P. Barros J. Oliveira A. Duarte
Purpose:
To evaluate the relation between the corneal edema in the first postoperative day and the endothelial cell loss at 3 months
Setting:
: Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, Portugal
Methods:
Phacoemulsification was performed in 52 eyes of 51 patients with senile cataract (medium age of 75 +/-7 years) without other ophthalmologic pathology , by the same surgeon using the same technique. Preoperative pachymetry and endothelial cells density were measured one week before surgery using specular microscopy (TOMEY EM 3000®). Pachymetry was assessed at day one after surgery and endothelial cell density after 3 months. Data were evaluated using SPSS 17.0.
Results:
The initial preoperative mean endothelial cell count was 2492 +/-240 cells/mm2 , reduced to 2176 +/- 317 cells/mm2 after surgery (average reduction of 12,4%). Corneal edema developed after surgery (medium preoperative pachymetry of 537+/-32 micro m and postoperative day one 573+/-48 micro m, with a medium increase of 37 micro m, p <0,01) but there was no predictive value with the endothelial cell loss at 3 months( p=0,249).
Conclusions:
In this study, corneal edema in the first postoperative day was not a predictor of late endothelial cell loss.
Financial Disclosure:
No
