J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1998 Oct;39(10):2286-2291.

The Change of the Anterior Chamber Inflammation by Lens Epithelial Cell Revoval in Cataract Surgery

• Seo KY
• Lim SJ
• Lee YS
• Kim HB

Abstract

Remained lens epithelial cells after the cataract surgery can cause anterior and posterior capsular opacity and other complications from the postoperative anterior chamber inflammation. The removal of lens epithelial cells(LEC) during the cataract surgery is important clinically. We measured the degree of the anterior chamber inflammation after the removal of LEC in 360 degree and the removal of LEC in 180 degree. The anterior chamber inflammation was measured by flare-cell meter postoperatively the 1st day, 4th day, 1st week, 2nd week, 3rd week, 4th week, and 3rd month, and compared the results with the anterior chamber inflammation after the cataract surgery without the removal of LEC. There were no significant differencies among the groups before the 2nd week. The degree of inflammation was decreased significantly in the groups postoperatively compared to the group in which LEC were not removed. And the inflammation was lower significantly in the group of the 360 degree removal than the group of 180 degree removal after the 2nd week postoperatively. We conclude that LEC removal in cataract surgery decreased the anterior chamber inflammation significantly after the 2nd week postoperatively.

Keyword

Anterior chamber inflammation; Cataract extraction; Laser flare-cell meter; Lens epithelial cell removal

MeSH Terms

Anterior Chamber*
Cataract Extraction
Cataract*
Epithelial Cells*
Inflammation*