Phacoemulsification and polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens implantation. Prevention of postsurgical astigmatism through scleral approach
Introduction: cataract is the most common eye condition worldwide and is considered a cause of decreased visual acuity that can be remedied through a relatively easy and safe surgical intervention. Phacoemulsification is the preferred surgical technique among Anterior Segment Ophthalmic Surgery Spec...
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| author | José Guillermo Martínez Urbay Keilym Artiles Martínez Neyda Alina González Pérez Noel Lascaiba Rojas |
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| description | Introduction: cataract is the most common eye condition worldwide and is considered a cause of decreased visual acuity that can be remedied through a relatively easy and safe surgical intervention. Phacoemulsification is the preferred surgical technique among Anterior Segment Ophthalmic Surgery Specialists worldwide.
Objective: to find a viable option to perform cataract surgery using the phacoemulsification technique in the absence of foldable intraocular lenses and to evaluate the induction of astigmatism after this variation.
Methods: a quasi-experimental study was carried out, with before/after evaluation, in a group of patients who underwent phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation of a polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens at the Ophthalmological Center of the “Arnaldo Milián Castro” Hospital.
Results: the average age of the patients was 62.88 (±8.93) years, with a range between 45 and 76 years of age, 12 of the 23 patients (52.17%) belonged to the female sex and 11 (47.83%) to the male. The time required for the proposed variations and the steps added to the standard phacoemulsification technique to place an intraocular lens do not represent a substantial increase over it of about 20 minutes on average.
Conclusions: this option can be used when only rigid polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lenses are available. It is recommended for situations in which the insertion of a folding lens through opercula in the posterior capsule is not recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-46c1530e642b4689967ad5a93b39709a2025-02-05T02:09:39ZspaEditorial Ciencias MédicasActa Médica del Centro2709-79272024-05-01182e1877e18771237Phacoemulsification and polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens implantation. Prevention of postsurgical astigmatism through scleral approachJosé Guillermo Martínez Urbay0Keilym Artiles Martínez1Neyda Alina González Pérez2Noel Lascaiba Rojas3Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”Introduction: cataract is the most common eye condition worldwide and is considered a cause of decreased visual acuity that can be remedied through a relatively easy and safe surgical intervention. Phacoemulsification is the preferred surgical technique among Anterior Segment Ophthalmic Surgery Specialists worldwide. Objective: to find a viable option to perform cataract surgery using the phacoemulsification technique in the absence of foldable intraocular lenses and to evaluate the induction of astigmatism after this variation. Methods: a quasi-experimental study was carried out, with before/after evaluation, in a group of patients who underwent phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation of a polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens at the Ophthalmological Center of the “Arnaldo Milián Castro” Hospital. Results: the average age of the patients was 62.88 (±8.93) years, with a range between 45 and 76 years of age, 12 of the 23 patients (52.17%) belonged to the female sex and 11 (47.83%) to the male. The time required for the proposed variations and the steps added to the standard phacoemulsification technique to place an intraocular lens do not represent a substantial increase over it of about 20 minutes on average. Conclusions: this option can be used when only rigid polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lenses are available. It is recommended for situations in which the insertion of a folding lens through opercula in the posterior capsule is not recommended.https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/1877facoemulsificaciónimplantación de lentes intraocularespolimetil metacrilatoastigmatismo postquirúrgicoabordaje escleralprevención |
| spellingShingle | José Guillermo Martínez Urbay Keilym Artiles Martínez Neyda Alina González Pérez Noel Lascaiba Rojas Phacoemulsification and polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens implantation. Prevention of postsurgical astigmatism through scleral approach Acta Médica del Centro facoemulsificación implantación de lentes intraoculares polimetil metacrilato astigmatismo postquirúrgico abordaje escleral prevención |
| title | Phacoemulsification and polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens implantation. Prevention of postsurgical astigmatism through scleral approach |
| title_full | Phacoemulsification and polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens implantation. Prevention of postsurgical astigmatism through scleral approach |
| title_fullStr | Phacoemulsification and polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens implantation. Prevention of postsurgical astigmatism through scleral approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phacoemulsification and polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens implantation. Prevention of postsurgical astigmatism through scleral approach |
| title_short | Phacoemulsification and polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens implantation. Prevention of postsurgical astigmatism through scleral approach |
| title_sort | phacoemulsification and polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens implantation prevention of postsurgical astigmatism through scleral approach |
| topic | facoemulsificación implantación de lentes intraoculares polimetil metacrilato astigmatismo postquirúrgico abordaje escleral prevención |
| url | https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/1877 |
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