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Title:

Subfoveal choroidal and central macula thickness after phacoemulsification in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Poster Details

First Author: G. Gudauskiene LITHUANIA

Co Author(s):    D. Zaliuniene                    

Abstract Details

Purpose:

To evaluate the subfoveal choroidal (SFCT) and central macula thickness (CMT) after phacoemulsification in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Setting:

A prospective clinical study was performed at the Department of Ophthalmology of the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas Clinics.

Methods:

16 eyes of 16 patients (mean age 73.28ﾱ6.06 years) with senile cataract and AMD received uncomplicated phacoemulsi?cation and intraocular lens implantation. SFCT and CMT measurements were performed preoperatively (P), 1 month (M1) and 3 months (M3) after the surgery using 1050 nm DRI Triton SS-OCT (Topcon, Tokyo, Japan) at the same time 1-2 PM. The SFCT in the central ring (C) and CMT was automatically calculated using ETDRS grid.

Results:

Mean P SFCT was 174.25 (ﾱ89.91), M1 173.75. (ﾱ76.59), M3 183.69 (ﾱ93.82) ﾵm, p=0.004. Mean P CMT was 245.69 (ﾱ34.56), M1 266.31 (ﾱ73.44), M3 247.06 (ﾱ35.43) ﾵm, p=0.209.

Conclusions:

There was a significant decrease in SFCT one month after the surgery. 3 months after phacoemulsification the SFCT was significantly increased comparing with the baseline SFCT in AMD patients. There was an insignificant increase in CMT one month after the surgery and decrease 3 months after phacoemulsification. Further investigations should be continued to confirm and better clarify our findings.

Financial Disclosure:

None