Abstract
Objective: To determine the frequency of post cataract cystoid macular edema (CME) in three different types of cataract surgical procedures.
Methodology: This was a cross sectional study. Total 222 patients having
age related cataract were enrolled. Pre-operative optical coherence tomography (OCT) was performed to measure central macular thickness. Patients
were then randomly allocated to three groups on the basis of type of surgical
procedure; group A underwent phacoemulsification, group B, manual small
incision cataract surgery (MSICS) and group C, extra capsular cataract surgery
(ECCE). Post-operative OCT was done 06 weeks after surgery and the macular
thickness was compared to pre-operative values for diagnosis of CME. The
CME was then compared among the three groups.
Results: Male were 115 and female were 107. Mean age of the patients was
53.38 + 7.44 years, (41 to 70 years). A total of 27 (12.16%) patients had CME
following cataract surgery, 04 (5.12%) in group A , 06 (7.79%) in group B, 17
(25.37%) patients in group C had CME after surgery. Chi-square test was utilized for comparison of CME among the groups.
Conclusion: The frequency of CME following cataract surgery was low.
Phacoemulsification and MSICS gave almost similar, lower rates results while
ECCE was found to have higher rates of CME.
Shahid Abdur Rauf Khan, Waliullah Jan, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Zia Ud Din Khalil. (2020) CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA IN POST CATARACT SURGERY PATIENTS; A COMPARISON OF THREE DIFFERENT SURGICAL PROCEDURES, Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute, Volume 4, Issue 2.
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