Our study is a comparative study, that was conducted to evaluate the corneal endothelial cells changes and central corneal thickness after uncomplicated phacoemulsification and intra ocular lens (IOL) implantation in normal controls, in non-diabetic and diabetic patients with PEX, and in patients with PEX only using specular microscopy.
Our study is a comparative study that included 4 groups (controls, patients with PEX, non-diabetic patients with PEX, diabetic patients with PEX) to evaluate the corneal endothelial cells changes and central corneal thickness after uncomplicated phacoemulsification and intra ocular lens (IOL) implantation using specular microscopy, over a 6 months follow up period.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
61
all patients underwent phacoemulsification and IOL implantation for immature cataract extraction
Ophthalmology department/ Minia University Hospital/Minia University
Minya, Egypt
endothelial cell density
number of endothelial cells
Time frame: 6 months
Percentage of hexagonal cells
indicator of healthy endothelial cells
Time frame: 6 months
coefficient of variation (CV)
indicator of the uniformity of the size of endothelial cells
Time frame: 6 months
Central corneal thickness
measurement of the distance between the epithelium and endothelium at the central cornea
Time frame: 6 months
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