Kornea Opasitesi Olan Olgularda Fakoemülsifikasyon

Pur po se: To assess the results of phacoemulsification in patients with corneal opacity and cataract.\udMa te ri al and Met hod: Fifteen eyes of 13 patients who were diagnosed as senile cataract and corneal opacity were included in the\udpresent study. All surgeries were performed under topical anesthesia. Trypan blue (0.1%) was used during the capsulorrhexis step of\udphacoemulsification. Following hydrodissection, phacoemulsification was performed using “quick chop” technique. Postoperatively, the\udpatients were evaluated at 1st day, 1st week and 1st month. Preoperative and postoperative best-corrected visual acuities, intraoperative\udproblems, as well as postoperative follow-up data were recorded.\udRe sults: Nine male and four female patients were included in the study group. The mean age was 68.77±8.79 years. Capsulorrhexis\udand phacoemulsification were completed successfully in all patients. The mean best-corrected visual acuity was 0.1±0.09\udpreoperatively, whereas it was found to be 0.3±0.2 at the first month postoperatively.\udDis cus si on: This study points out that in selected patients with cataract and corneal opacity, cataract surgery only could be effective in\udproviding functional visual acuity. In these cases, trypan blue provides great convenience during capsulorrhexis. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2011;\ud41: 368-7