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PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate factors that cause after-cataract such as diabetes, intravitreal gas injection during vitrectomy, and other factors in relation to the vitrectomy. METHODS: The relationship between the vitrectomy and the frequency of Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy was investigated in a sample of 947 monitored patients' eyes that underwent cataract surgery. The patients' eyes were classified into Group 1, which comprised 715 patients' eyes that underwent cataract surgery only, Group 2, which comprised 152 eyes that underwent both vitrectomy and cataract surgery at the same time, and Group 3, which comprised 80 eyes that underwent cataract surgery after vitrectomy. The age, gender, diabetes status, gases injected during the vitrectomy, and other factors were investigated. RESULTS: It was found that 50 eyes (6.99%) in Group 1 received the posterior capsulotomy, 28 eyes (18.4%) had the procedure in Group 2, and 16 eyes (20.00%) had the procedure in Group 3, respectively. In Group 1, 21 eyes (8.86%) that received the posterior capsulotomy were from diabetic patients, 20 eyes (19.8%) were diabetic in Group 2, and 10 eyes (21.73%) were diabetic in Group 3. In Group 1, 29 eyes (6.06%) were from non-diabetics that received posterior capsulotomy, 8 eyes (15.68%) were from non-diabetic patients in Group 2, and 6 eyes (17.64%) were from non-diabetic patients in Group 3. In the group that had vitrectomy with gas injection, 6 eyes (25%) received the posterior capsulotomy in Group 2, and 10 eyes (24.39%) had the procedure in Group 3, respectively, while those in the group that had vitrectomy without gas injection included 22 eyes (17.46%) in Group 2 and 6 eyes (15.38%) in Group 3. CONCLUSIONS: The Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy was more frequently applied to patients who underwent vitrectomy, younger patients, diabetes patients, and patients who had vitrectomy with gas injection.
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Humans , Cataract , Gases , Posterior Capsulotomy , VitrectomyABSTRACT
PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate factors that cause after-cataract such as diabetes, intravitreal gas injection during vitrectomy, and other factors in relation to the vitrectomy. METHODS: The relationship between the vitrectomy and the frequency of Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy was investigated in a sample of 947 monitored patients' eyes that underwent cataract surgery. The patients' eyes were classified into Group 1, which comprised 715 patients' eyes that underwent cataract surgery only, Group 2, which comprised 152 eyes that underwent both vitrectomy and cataract surgery at the same time, and Group 3, which comprised 80 eyes that underwent cataract surgery after vitrectomy. The age, gender, diabetes status, gases injected during the vitrectomy, and other factors were investigated. RESULTS: It was found that 50 eyes (6.99%) in Group 1 received the posterior capsulotomy, 28 eyes (18.4%) had the procedure in Group 2, and 16 eyes (20.00%) had the procedure in Group 3, respectively. In Group 1, 21 eyes (8.86%) that received the posterior capsulotomy were from diabetic patients, 20 eyes (19.8%) were diabetic in Group 2, and 10 eyes (21.73%) were diabetic in Group 3. In Group 1, 29 eyes (6.06%) were from non-diabetics that received posterior capsulotomy, 8 eyes (15.68%) were from non-diabetic patients in Group 2, and 6 eyes (17.64%) were from non-diabetic patients in Group 3. In the group that had vitrectomy with gas injection, 6 eyes (25%) received the posterior capsulotomy in Group 2, and 10 eyes (24.39%) had the procedure in Group 3, respectively, while those in the group that had vitrectomy without gas injection included 22 eyes (17.46%) in Group 2 and 6 eyes (15.38%) in Group 3. CONCLUSIONS: The Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy was more frequently applied to patients who underwent vitrectomy, younger patients, diabetes patients, and patients who had vitrectomy with gas injection.
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Humans , Cataract , Gases , Posterior Capsulotomy , VitrectomyABSTRACT
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to compare the surgical outcomes and stereoacuities after medial rectus (MR) muscle and lateral rectus (LR) muscle recessions, as deviation angle in 20-30 PD basic intermittent exotropia. METHODS: A total of 72 patients were classified into three groups, according to the deviation angle and measured stereoacuities. Twenty-five patients in Group 1, with a deviation angle of 20 prism diopter (PD), underwent MR resection of 4.0 mm and LR recession of 5.0 mm. Group 2, which consisted of 26 patients with 25 PD, underwent 5.0 mm and 6.0 mm. And 21 patients in Group 3 with 30 PD underwent 5.5 mm and 7.0 mm. The success of surgery was determined by the range of a deviation angle within +/-8 PD for both near and distance. RESULTS: The average age was 7.8 years, 7.2 years, and 8.6 years in Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3, respectively. On the final observation, the success rate of the surgery was 84%, 88%, and 90.4% in Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3, respectively. There was no case of overcorrection. Near stereoacuities was found without significant difference at preoperative with postoperative in Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3, respectively (p = 0.26). Postoperative distance stereoacuities showed significant improvements in Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3 (p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: Basic intermittent exotropia, which has deviation angle of 20, 25, 30 PD showed no difference in surgical outcomes, according to the deviation angle. There were improvements in the distance stereoacuities after MR resection and LR recession procedure.