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Do intraocular lenses with ultraviolet absorbing chromophores protect against macular oedema?
M P Clarke1, M Yap, J R Weatherill
1Department of Ophthalmology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, West Yorkshire, England.
Acta Ophthalmologica
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
In a prospective study, designed to test the effect of intraocular lenses containing an ultraviolet absorbing chromophore on the incidence of post-operative cystoid macular oedema, 55 patients undergoing extracapsular cataract extraction were randomly allocated to receive intraocular lenses with or without an ultra-violet absorbing chromophore. Post-operative fluorescein angiography showed no difference in the incidence of macular oedema in those patients receiving an intraocular lens with an ultraviolet absorbing chromophore compared with patients receiving a standard posterior chamber intraocular lens.