EXPERIMENTALANDTHERAPEUTICMEDICINE5:507-510,2013Abstract
Theaimofthisstudywastoinvestigatetheeffectsofphacoemulsificationwithintraocularlens(IOL)implanta-tiononintraocularpressure(IOP)andanteriorchamberdepth(ACD)inpatientswithcataractorcataractassociatedwithprimaryangleclosure(PAC)
Atotalof361patients(481affectedeyes)withsenilecataract(cataractgroup)and44patients(52affectedeyes)withcataractassociatedwithPAC(cataractwithPACgroup)underwentphacoemulsifica-tionwithIOLimplantationfromJuly2005toMay2007andwerefollowedupfor3to25months
Therewasasignificantdifferencebetweenpre-operativeandpost-operativeIOPs(t=9
270,P0
05)betweenthetwogroups
Therewasasignificantdifferencebetweenthepre-operativeandpost-operativeACDs(t=7