RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Continued breakdown of the blood aqueous barrier following cataract surgery.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 453
OP 456
DO 10.1136/bjo.76.8.453
VO 76
IS 8
A1 V M Ferguson
A1 D J Spalton
YR 1992
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/76/8/453.abstract
AB Following routine extracapsular cataract and posterior chamber implant surgery, recovery of the blood aqueous barrier (BAB) was quantified by sequential anterior chamber fluorophotometry. This was correlated with surgical details and postoperative findings to ascertain those factors which were related to excessive damage of the BAB immediately after surgery and to failure to recover a normal BAB by 3 months postoperatively. A cohort of 84 patients was followed. In the early postoperative period excessive levels of damage to the BAB were related to iris damage (p < 0.01) and diabetes mellitus (p < 0.01). By 3 months, 79% of the eyes had recovered normal BABs and 21% (18 eyes) had persisting excessive fluorescence which correlated with an abnormal pupil shape (p < 0.02) and the development of posterior synechiae (p < 0.001).