Abstract

DESIGN:IT IS A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY WHEREIN PATIENTS WERE OBSERVED ON THE OUTCOMES OF EITHER PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SFIOL IMPLANTATION AFTER PCR DURING CATARACT SURGERY.
PURPOSE:TO STUDY THE VARIABLES OF BCVA,IOP,KERATOMETRY VALUES AND OTHER INTRAOCULAR COMPLICATIONS ENCOUNTERED AFTER PRIMARY(33 EYES) AND SECONDARY SFIOL(30 EYES) IMPLANTATION FOLLOWING PCR
METHODS:ALL SENILE CATARACT EYES UNDERGOING SICS WITH PCR WITH INADEQUATE CAPSULAR SUPPORT WERE INCLUDED WHERE EITHER A PRIMARY SFIOL IMPLANTATION AS AN IMMEDIATE PROCEDURE OR A SECONDARY SFIOL AT LEAST A MONTH LATER WAS DONE. THE QUANTITATIVE VARIABLES WERE EXPRESSED IN MEAN AND COMPARED BETWEEN TWO GROUPS
RESULTS (AT POST-OP DAY1,1MONTH AND6MONTHS)
FOR BCVA,KERATOMETRIC VALUES,IOP,BOTH GROUPS HAD A STATISTICALLY INSIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BUT CME INCIDENCE WAS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANTLY (p=0.018) HIGHER IN THE PRIMARY SFIOL GROUP
CONCLUSION:BOTH GROUPS OF SFIOL IMPLANTATION ARE EQUALLY BENEFICIAL TO PATIENTS AND ARE SAFE