Foveal thickness after phacoemulsification as measured by optical coherence tomography

Gerasimos Th Georgopoulos, Dimitrios Papaconstantinou, Maria Niskopoulou, Marilita Moschos, Ilias Georgalas, Chrysanthi KoutsandreaGlaucoma Department, Medical School, Athens University, Athens, GreeceBackground: Despite a significant body of research, no consistency on postoperative foveal thicknes...

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Autores principales:	Gerasimos Th Georgopoulos, Dimitrios Papaconstantinou, Maria Niskopoulou, Marilita Moschos, Ilias Georgalas, Chrysanthi Koutsandrea
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b29ac5552f3a44d496a6cb5edfed4cb12021-12-02T03:17:24ZFoveal thickness after phacoemulsification as measured by optical coherence tomography1177-54671177-5483https://doaj.org/article/b29ac5552f3a44d496a6cb5edfed4cb12008-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/foveal-thickness-after-phacoemulsification-as-measured-by-optical-cohe-a2004https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5467https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Gerasimos Th Georgopoulos, Dimitrios Papaconstantinou, Maria Niskopoulou, Marilita Moschos, Ilias Georgalas, Chrysanthi KoutsandreaGlaucoma Department, Medical School, Athens University, Athens, GreeceBackground: Despite a significant body of research, no consistency on postoperative foveal thickness as measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT), can be recorded. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the effect of uncomplicated cataract surgery in the thickness of the retina in the foveal area during the early postoperative period.Methods: In a prospective study, 79 eyes were assessed by OCT, on day 1, and weeks 2 and 4 after uncomplicated phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation in the Athens University Clinic. The outcome measure was the thickness of the retina in the foveal area.Results: The thickness of the retina preoperatively is significantly smaller (150.4 &plusmn; 18.8) (p&nbsp;&lt; 0.05) than the thickness of the retina on day 1 (171.8 &plusmn; 21) and week 2 (159.7 &plusmn; 19) and returned to the initial levels on week 4 (152 &plusmn; 17.1). The estimated correlation coefficients between preoperative and postoperative thickness of the retina were significant (p &lt;&nbsp;0.05). Conversely, no association was found between postoperative visual acuity and thickness of the retina, neither between the phacoemulsification energy and retinal thickness. Operation time, although inversely related with postoperative visual acuity, was not associated with the thickness of the retina.Conclusions: Following phacoemulsification, an increase in the foveal thickness was detected in the early postoperative period, quantified and followed up by OCT. The foveal thickness returned to the preoperative level, 1 month following surgery in our study. No association was shown between intraoperative parameters and increased postoperative retinal thickness.Keywords: optical coherence tomography, phacoemulsification, retinal thickness Gerasimos Th GeorgopoulosDimitrios PapaconstantinouMaria NiskopoulouMarilita MoschosIlias GeorgalasChrysanthi KoutsandreaDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2008, Iss Issue 4, Pp 817-820 (2008)
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spellingShingle	Ophthalmology RE1-994 Gerasimos Th Georgopoulos Dimitrios Papaconstantinou Maria Niskopoulou Marilita Moschos Ilias Georgalas Chrysanthi Koutsandrea Foveal thickness after phacoemulsification as measured by optical coherence tomography
description	Gerasimos Th Georgopoulos, Dimitrios Papaconstantinou, Maria Niskopoulou, Marilita Moschos, Ilias Georgalas, Chrysanthi KoutsandreaGlaucoma Department, Medical School, Athens University, Athens, GreeceBackground: Despite a significant body of research, no consistency on postoperative foveal thickness as measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT), can be recorded. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the effect of uncomplicated cataract surgery in the thickness of the retina in the foveal area during the early postoperative period.Methods: In a prospective study, 79 eyes were assessed by OCT, on day 1, and weeks 2 and 4 after uncomplicated phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation in the Athens University Clinic. The outcome measure was the thickness of the retina in the foveal area.Results: The thickness of the retina preoperatively is significantly smaller (150.4 &plusmn; 18.8) (p&nbsp;&lt; 0.05) than the thickness of the retina on day 1 (171.8 &plusmn; 21) and week 2 (159.7 &plusmn; 19) and returned to the initial levels on week 4 (152 &plusmn; 17.1). The estimated correlation coefficients between preoperative and postoperative thickness of the retina were significant (p &lt;&nbsp;0.05). Conversely, no association was found between postoperative visual acuity and thickness of the retina, neither between the phacoemulsification energy and retinal thickness. Operation time, although inversely related with postoperative visual acuity, was not associated with the thickness of the retina.Conclusions: Following phacoemulsification, an increase in the foveal thickness was detected in the early postoperative period, quantified and followed up by OCT. The foveal thickness returned to the preoperative level, 1 month following surgery in our study. No association was shown between intraoperative parameters and increased postoperative retinal thickness.Keywords: optical coherence tomography, phacoemulsification, retinal thickness
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author	Gerasimos Th Georgopoulos Dimitrios Papaconstantinou Maria Niskopoulou Marilita Moschos Ilias Georgalas Chrysanthi Koutsandrea
author_facet	Gerasimos Th Georgopoulos Dimitrios Papaconstantinou Maria Niskopoulou Marilita Moschos Ilias Georgalas Chrysanthi Koutsandrea
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title	Foveal thickness after phacoemulsification as measured by optical coherence tomography
title_short	Foveal thickness after phacoemulsification as measured by optical coherence tomography
title_full	Foveal thickness after phacoemulsification as measured by optical coherence tomography
title_fullStr	Foveal thickness after phacoemulsification as measured by optical coherence tomography
title_full_unstemmed	Foveal thickness after phacoemulsification as measured by optical coherence tomography
title_sort	foveal thickness after phacoemulsification as measured by optical coherence tomography
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2008
url	https://doaj.org/article/b29ac5552f3a44d496a6cb5edfed4cb1
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Foveal thickness after phacoemulsification as measured by optical coherence tomography

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