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Rev Cub Oftal 2013; 26 (1)
Use of Nd-Yag laser in patients with posterior capsule opacification
Rodríguez MEE, Hormigó BA, Guerra VE, Armas LM, Vázquez SG, Fernández BJA
Language: Spanish
References: 22
Page: 90-98
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ABSTRACT
Objective: to determine the visual outcome of the posterior capsulotomy in patients
with posterior capsule opacification.
Methods: adescriptive and cross-sectional study conducted in the National
Ophthalmology Hospital of Port Mourant in Guyana, from March 2009 to July 2010.
The universe of study was made up of 54 patients who had been operated on from
cataract by Blumenthal technique six months earlier and presented with posterior
capsule opacification. The variables were age, sex, opacity type, transoperative
complications and the corrected visual acuity before and after the capsulotomy. The
information was gathered from operative reports and medical histories.
Results: prevalence of females with more than 60 years of age. Half of the patients
had corrected visual lower than or equal to 20/60 before the treatment. The most
diagnosed capsular opacity was Elsching pearls (68.5 %). Just 16.7 % of the patients
suffered complications, being the transient rise of the intraocular pressure the most
frequent. Of the sample, 81.5 % of patients reached corrected vision of 20/20 after
the posterior capsulotomy.
Conclusion: posterior capsulotomy with Nd-Yag laser is a valuable procedure for the
patients with posterior capsule opacification, since it remarkably improves visual
acuity with minimum complications.
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