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Author Spotlight: Ex Vivo OCT-Based Multimodal Imaging of Human Donor Eyes for Research into Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Published on: May 26, 2023
[Irvine-Gass syndrome or cystoid macular edema due to aphakia]
1Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Universitaire du Sart Tilman, Liège.
Abstract:
Angiographically confirmed cystoid macula edema occurs in 8% of aphakic patients and 3% of these patients will suffer permanent reduction of visual acuity. This is apparently due to inflammatory reactions and to alterations of the vitreo-macular interface. Intracapsular cataract extraction has a higher incidence of angiographically confirmed CME clinical or persistent than extracapsular extraction. YAG-laser capsulotomy does not have any significant risk of CME. At present, there is no definitive clinically effective treatment.
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