COMPARISON OF INCIDENCE OF POSTERIOR CAPSULAR OPACIFICATION FOLLOWING IMPLANTATION OF FOLDABLE (ACRYLIC) AND RIGID (PMMA) INTRAOCULAR LENSES (IOL) IN PHACOEMULSIFICATION SURGERY.

Dr. Neha Ghawate; Dr. Shashank Ghawate

Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2019

COMPARISON OF INCIDENCE OF POSTERIOR CAPSULAR OPACIFICATION FOLLOWING IMPLANTATION OF FOLDABLE (ACRYLIC) AND RIGID (PMMA) INTRAOCULAR LENSES (IOL) IN PHACOEMULSIFICATION SURGERY.

Dr. Neha Ghawate, Dr. Shashank Ghawate

Abstract :

The study was conducted to evaluate the incidence, the type of Posterior Capsular Opacification(PCO) and its effect on visual acuity following implantation of rigid and foldable IOLs after phacoemulsification surgery, involved 500 patients, divided in two groups (age matched), operated by phacoemulsification with IOL implantation of two different varieties (Rigid–PMMA and Foldable–Acrylic). During follow ups, detailed ophthalmic examination was done to assess the PCO and its effect on visual acuity. Out of 500 patients, 51(10.2%) patients developed PCO at the end of 6 month. Incidence of PCO is more in PMMA group(16.8%) than in Acrylic group(3.6%). Out of 51 patients with PCO, 86.3% patients had vision better than 6/12 and 13.7% patients had vision between 6/12 and 6/60.