Evaluation of phacoemulsification in elderly patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the intraoperative complication and postoperative visual acuity effect of phacoemulsification in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome. Methods Phacoemulsification and intraocular lens(IOL) implantation was performed on 21 eyes of 19 pseudoexfoliation patients, aged 67-92 years old and (80.24?7.46) years old on average with the history of the disease being (7?4.3) years. Five eyes in Group 1 were complicated with glaucoma. In Group 2, phacoemulsification and IOL implantation was performed on 50 eyes in 42 patients with non-pseudoexfoliation syndrome, 〔aged 61-91 years, mean age (79.52?8.53) years〕. All operations were completed by one surgeon, and followed up for 1 year. Results In both Group 1 and Group 2, the occurrence of posterior capsular tear and vitreous body loss were 9.5% and 2.0%, respectively(P