Pseudophakic Cystoid Macular Lesions After Uncomplicated Standard Phacoemulsification

Kyungpook National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pseudophakic Cystoid Macular Lesions After Uncomplicated Standard Phacoemulsification

Treatments: Drug: topical bromfenac sodium hydrate

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03106402

KyungpookNUH

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess the incidence, risk factors and clinical courses of cystic macular lesions (CMLs) after uncomplicated phacoemulsification and evaluate the efficacy of topical NSAIDs on the prevention of pseudophakic cystic macular lesions

Full description

344 Patients undergoing uncomplicated standard phacoemulsification at Kyungpook National University Hospital from 2013 to 2015 were reviewed. CMLs, which is any cystic fluid collections after cataract surgery, were confirmed by preoperative and postoperative optical coherence tomography(OCT) on preoperative, postoperative 1month and 3months examinations. CMLs were classified into two groups: cystic macular edema(CME) and microcystic macular edema(MME).

Enrollment: 316 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients who had phacoemulsification and were treated postoperatively at the Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea, from Oct 2013 to June 2015.

Exclusion criteria

• patients had complicated cataract surgery (eg, significant corneal edema, posterior capsule rupture, vitreous loss, dropped nuclear material, retained cortical material, or an IOL not placed in the capsular bag)

Trial design

316 participants in 2 patient groups

Treated with topical NSAID

Description:

197 eyes of - patients were treated with topical bromfenac sodium hydrate (Bronuck®, Taejoon Pharm. LTD.) 2times a day starting 1 day before surgery and continued for 2 weeks after surgery.

Treatment:

Drug: topical bromfenac sodium hydrate

Treated without topical NSAID

Description:

147 eyes did not receive topical NSAID after cataract surgery