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Abstract
Cataract surgery is known to elicit postoperative macular edema. Although the exact pathomechanism is not known, the role of surgical trauma and release of prostaglandin is suspected. The aim of the study was to measure the macular changes after uncomplicated phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC IOL) implantation using Optical coherence tomography (OCT).
Our study included 20 eyes of 20 patients were admitted for Phacoemulsification and PC IOL implantation. Macular changes was evaluated preoperative, one month and three months postoperatively . The significant increase of mean foveal thickness and inner 3mm parafoveal quadrants was at 4 weeks postoperative . Also, changes starting to resolve in almost all patients after 3 months postoperative and these results suggest that the change in macular thickness postoperative is transient.
There is statistically significant improvement in BCVA progressively while no correlation between thickness and age.