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[Vitreous loss and the incidence of cystoid macular edema]
1Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangdong Province.
Abstract:
81 patients (81 eyes) with senile cataract were performed intracapsular cataract extraction, and fluorescein angiography 1 to 6 months postoperative revealed the incidence of cystoid macular edema to be 68% (21/31 eyes) in cataract extractions with vitreous loss and 14% (7/50 eyes) in those without, the difference between the 2 groups was very significant (P less than 0.01).