Long-term efficiency of cataract surgery with hydrophilic acrylic Ioflex intraocular lens

AUTOR(ES)

Jorge, Priscilla A., Koch, Camila Ribeiro, Jorge, Delano, Kara-Junior, Newton

FONTE

Clinics

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2017-09

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficiency of long-term cataract surgery using low-cost intraocular lens implantation in community campaigns. METHODS: Fifty-eight randomly selected patients were evaluated four years after phacoemulsification and Ioflex intraocular lens implantation. Causes of low visual acuity related to the intraocular lens were evaluated, and treatment costs were calculated. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 72±10.2 years. Four years after surgery, 25 eyes (43.0%) had decreased visual acuity related to the intraocular lens: posterior capsule opacification was noted in 24 eyes (41.3%), and intraocular lens opacification was noted in one eye (1.7%). The total cost of the post-surgical complication treatments represented 6.3% of the initial budget of the entire surgical patient group. CONCLUSIONS: The efficiency of cataract surgery with low-cost Ioflex intraocular lens implantation was significantly reduced in a long-term follow-up study because postoperative complications related to intraocular lenses emerged at higher rates than when the gold-standard treatment was used.

Documentos Relacionados

• Long-term results of the Binkhorst iris clip lens in senile cataract.
• Long-term results of Choyce anterior chamber lens implants
• Long-term Outcomes of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery
• Broken intraocular lens during cataract surgery.
• Radical surgery for gallbladder carcinoma. Long-term results.