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- Title
Posterior capsule opacification after extra capsular cataract extraction in Indian rural population: Foldable acrylic vs poly (methyl-methacrylate) intraocular lenses a randomized clinical trial.
- Authors
Shah, A R; Praveen, M R; Vasavada, A R
- Abstract
Purpose: To compare the performance of single-piece acrylic vs poly (methylmethacrylate) intraocular lenses (IOL) on the development of posterior capsule opacification (PCO) after conventional extra capsular cataract extraction (ECCE). Materials and Methods: One hundred and eighty-two eyes of 91 patients with bilateral senile cataract undergoing ECCE were prospectively randomized to receive a single-piece Alcon AcrySof® SA60AT IOL or a single-piece EPOCH® polymethylmethacrylate IOL in the first eye to have surgery. At 1, 6 and 12 months post-operative follow-up, digital retro illumination images of the posterior capsule were taken for PCO assessment semi-objectively using PCO (POCO automated analysis software) system. Relationship of anterior capsule contact (total off and partial cover) on optic for PCO was analyzed. Results: The AcrySof® IOL was associated with less PCO than EPOCH® lens at 6 months (10.01±8.75% vs32.26±27.44%; P<0.001) and 1-year (11.65±10.55% vs38.38±29.62%; P<0.001) follow-up. The EPOCH® IOL showed a remarkably significant difference on development of PCO with anterior capsule overlap on IOL optic (total off and part on) 1 year (P<0.039), whereas no such difference was observed with the AcrySof® IOL (P=0.197). Conclusion: The AcrySof® IOL led to significantly less PCO than the EPOCH® IOL post-operatively after extracapsular cataract extraction. Eye (2008) 22, 889–894; doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6702747; published online 23 February 2007
- Subjects
INTRAOCULAR lenses; CATARACT; CRYSTALLINE lens diseases; ALCON Laboratories Inc.; POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE
- Publication
Eye, 2008, Vol 22, Issue 7, p889
- ISSN
0950-222X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.eye.6702747