Clinical research on anterior chamber injection of dexamethasone after cataract surgery with uveitis

Abstract

AIM:To explore cataract surgery complication of the anterior chamber injection 0.1mL dexamethasone for uveitis complicated cataract patients. METHODS: The experimental group was injected 0.1mL dexamethasone to anterior chamber at the end of phacoemulsification(Phaco)+intraocular lens(IOL)implantation, while the control group did not. And the different postoperative inflammation between them was observed. RESULTS: The differences of visual acuity between the two groups on the first two days after operation were statistically significant(P<0.05). The postoperative corneal edema and anterior chamber flare between the two groups in the first day were different(P<0.05). And the percentage of the experimental group postoperative visual acuity improved was higher than that of the control group. CONCLUSION: It can reduce short-term postoperative inflammation, improve visual acuity earlier and do not impact the short-term postoperative intraocular pressure that uveitis complicated cataract was injected 0.1mL dexamethasone to anterior chamber at the end of Phaco+IOL.

Keywords

• uveitis
• concurrency cataract
• dexamethasone
• anterior chamber injection