ABSTRACT
The Scheimpflug photography was used to evauate objectively changes in lens opacity at a month interval in 143 eyes of 78 patients affected by early cataract. from Dec. 1993 to Dec. 1994. A total of 48 patients were treated daily with 1.5g bendazac-lysine, and 30 patients constituted the control group. We checked visual acuity and analyzed change of lens opacity by using axial densitometry and retroillumination of Scheimpflug photography after Bendaline(R) medication up to 9 months After treatment, improvement or no change of subjective visual acuity was observed in 65 eyes(78.3%) of treated group, whereas decrement in 35 eyes (58.3%) of control group. In the axial densitometry, the nuclear opacity began to improve after 3 months of medication and opacities of lens between anterior supranucleus and posterior capsule were statistically significant improved after 5 months of medication (p0.05). The result show that bendazac lysine may be effective in improvement of visual acuity and delay the formation of lens opacity in early cataract.
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Humans , Cataract , Densitometry , Lysine , Photography , Visual AcuityABSTRACT
The measurement of lens thickness by the 3M Digiecho III was carried out in 82 patients with early cataract (41 male, 41 female) from 1st January to 31 December 1988. There was the total of 100 eyes of 46 males and 54 females included in this study. The average lens thickness in patients with early cataract was 4.24 + 0.62 mm, ranging from 5.5 mm to 2.92 mm. It was also found that in comparison with the normal lens thickness it decreased with advanced age.