Clinical research on anterior chamber injection of dexamethasone after cataract surgery with uveitis

• Main Authors: Jun Zhang, Wei Yang, Yi-Xia Zhang, Xin-Rong Zhao, Xin-Gang Qi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) 2013-04-01
• Series: Guoji Yanke Zazhi
• Subjects: uveitis; concurrency cataract; dexamethasone; anterior chamber injection
• Online Access: http://www.ies.net.cn/cn_publish/2013/4/201304033.pdf

AIM:To explore cataract surgery complication of the anterior chamber injection 0.1mL dexamethasone for uveitis complicated cataract patients. METHODS: The experimental group was injected 0.1mL dexamethasone to anterior chamber at the end of phacoemulsification(Phaco)+intraocular lens(IOL)implantation, while the control group did not. And the different postoperative inflammation between them was observed. RESULTS: The differences of visual acuity between the two groups on the first two days after operation were statistically significant(P<0.05). The postoperative corneal edema and anterior chamber flare between the two groups in the first day were different(P<0.05). And the percentage of the experimental group postoperative visual acuity improved was higher than that of the control group. CONCLUSION: It can reduce short-term postoperative inflammation, improve visual acuity earlier and do not impact the short-term postoperative intraocular pressure that uveitis complicated cataract was injected 0.1mL dexamethasone to anterior chamber at the end of Phaco+IOL.