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Retinal thickness immediately after cataract surgery measured by optical coherence tomography
1Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of the Lutrina Hospital, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Background And Objective:
To evaluate changes in retinal thickness immediately after cataract surgery.
Patients And Methods:
Retinal thickness before and 0.5 hours after uneventful cataract surgery was determined in 10 patients at 15 different points at the posterior pole by optical coherence tomography (OCT).
Results:
The mean retinal thickness at the posterior pole was 251 microm (+/-30 microm) before cataract surgery and 249 microm (+/-25 microm) after cataract surgery. No statistical difference between pre- and postoperatively values could be evaluated (P = 0.8).
Conclusions:
The results indicate that uncomplicated cataract surgery does not influence retinal thickness immediately postoperatively in eyes without ocular pathologies.
