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Corneal endothelial cell loss in phacoemulsification surgery with silicone intraocular lens implantation
Purpose:
To clarify the extent of corneal endothelial injury from silicone intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in small incision cataract surgery.
Methods:
Two hundred forty eyes that had phacoemulsification surgery were divided into four groups: Group A comprised 70 eyes that received a conventional silicone IOL; Group B, 63 eyes that received a higher refractive index silicone IOL; Group C, 71 eyes that received a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) IOL; Group D, 36 eyes that had phacoemulsification without an IOL. Cell density of the corneal endothelium in all eyes was examined by specular microscopy preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively, and the percentage of endothelial cell loss was determined. The differences in endothelial cell loss between the four groups were statistically compared using the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Results:
Percentages of endothelial cell loss were 4.5 +/- 5.1% in Group A, 4.3 +/- 5.3% in Group B, 6.3 +/- 5.4% in Group C, and 4.3 +/- 4.9% in Group D. No statistically significant difference was observed among these four groups, although the percentage of cell loss in Group C was slightly larger than that in the other groups.
Conclusion:
The implantation of silicone IOLs and PMMA IOLs causes minimal corneal endothelial cell loss in contemporary small incision surgery.