Limbal Approach Phacovitrectomy to Treat Cataract with Clinically Significant Asteroid Hyalosis—Presentation of the Technique and Preliminary Results

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Agnieszka Rozegnał-Madej¹  Tomasz Żarnowski¹  Aleksandra Wlaź¹ 

[1] Department of Diagnostics and Microsurgery of Glaucoma, Medical University, 20-079 Lublin, Poland;

关键词: cataract;    asteroid hyalosis;    phacovitrectomy;    new surgical technique;   

DOI  :  10.3390/jcm10153338

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Purpose: To assess preliminarily the efficacy and safety of a relatively new surgical modification of phacovitrectomy in eyes with cataract and visually significant asteroid hyalosis (AH). Materials and methods: Prospective, noncomparative, interventional case series of six eyes of six patients (mean age 75.6 years; 1 woman, 5 men) with cataract and visually significant AH treated with a novel surgical technique—a phacoemulsification with anterior vitrectomy through posterior capsulorhexis and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. Main outcome measures were: best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), IOL centration, complications. Mean follow-up was 39.17 ± 4.31 months. Results: The mean BCVA (Snellen) improved from 0.26 ± 0.18 to 0.73 ± 0.33 at the end of the follow-up. IOP was in the normal range, and no problems with IOL fixation were observed at the end of the follow-up. No post-operative complications, retinal detachment, retinal tears, macular edema or prolonged inflammation were observed. Conclusions: The presented new surgical technique seems to be a safe and efficacious method to treat cataract with visually significant asteroid hyalosis.

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