Evaluation of the Effect of Uncomplicated Cataract Surgery on Retina and Optic Disc: Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study

• 영문명: Evaluation of the Effect of Uncomplicated Cataract Surgery on Retina and Optic Disc: Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study
• 발행기관: 대한안과학회
• 저자명: Burak Özkan Emine Çiloğlu
• 간행물 정보: 『The Korean Journal of Ophthalmology』Vol.36 No.4, 287~295쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 기타의약학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2022.08.31

영문 초록

Purpose: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effects of uncomplicated cataract surgery on microvascular structure of fovea, parafovea, optic disc, and peripapillary area with optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Methods: The study included 53 eyes of 53 patients, who undergone uncomplicated cataract surgery. The day before cataract surgery and at the 1st week, 1st month, 3rd month after surgery, best-corrected visual acuity, foveal avascular zone, acircularity index, superficial and deep foveal density, superficial and deep parafoveal density, central macular thickness, peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness value, and peripapillary vascular density were measured with OCTA. Results: The mean age of the patients was 62.1 ± 7.2 years (range, 42-69 years) and the sex of the patients was 25 male and 28 female. The foveal avascular zone value was decreased compared to the preoperative value (p < 0.05). There was no significant change in acircularity index postoperatively (p > 0.05). There was a significant increase in superficial and deep foveal density and superficial and deep parafoveal density (p < 0.05). According to preoperative period, peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer and inside disc capillary density of optic disc increased significantly (p < 0.05). There was no significant change in peripapillary vascular density postoperatively (p > 0.05). Conclusions: Changes in the vascular density of the retina were detected with OCTA in eyes without ocular or systemic disease, which underwent uncomplicated cataract surgery. In the postsurgical period, OCTA provides important information in the evaluation and follow-up of these changes.

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Cataract surgery Foveal avascular zone Optical coherence tomography angiography Retinal vascularity