The early term effects of cataract surgery on intraocular pressure levels in patients with pseudoexfoliation
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2013
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Özet
This study was aimed to evaluate the early period of intraocular pressure changes after the cataract surgery applied by phacoemulsification in patients with and without pseudoexfoliation. Twenty-two patients with pseudoexfoliation as a study group and age - gender matched twenty-two patients without pseudoexfoliation as a control group who underwent to cataract surgery with phacoemulsification was included to the study. After cataract surgery, the first week and the first month,of the intraocular pressure changes were analyzed retrospectively in the study and control groups. Preoperative median intraocular pressure measurements were; 15 (5) mmHg in study group and 14,5 (4,3) mmHg in control group. In study and control groups, median intraocular pressure reductions were, respectively, -3 (16) mmHg and -1,5 (3,5) mmHg at postoperative first week, and -2 (4) mmHg and -2 (3,25) mmHg at postoperative first month These values were found statistically significant (p<0.05). However intraocular pressure reductions were not determined as significant different between these groups (p>0.05). Although it was determined a significant decrease in intraocular pressure levels in the early periods after cataract surgery of patients with pseudoexfoliation, this significance was not too different in patients whithout pseudoexfoliation. Therefore cataracat surgery may provide additional benefit in the management of glaucoma patients especially due to pseudoexfoliation.
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Cataract surgery; Intraocular pressure; Pseudoexfoliation
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Anatolian Journal of Clinical Investigation
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7
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