Intra-ocular light scatter in pseudophakia

In 22 patients (23 eyes), who had undergone an uncomplicated cataract extraction with implantation of a posterior chamber lens in otherwise normal eyes 11 to 44 weeks previously, the intra-ocular light scatter was measured with an IOI stray light meter. All the eyes examined had little or no after-c...

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Published inDocumenta ophthalmologica Vol. 72; no. 3-4; p. 335
Main Authors Witmer, F K, van den Brom, H J, Kooijman, A C, Blanksma, L J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 01.08.1989
Subjects
Adolescent
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Humans
Lenses, Intraocular - adverse effects
Light
Middle Aged
Reference Values
Scattering, Radiation
Visual Acuity
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Summary:In 22 patients (23 eyes), who had undergone an uncomplicated cataract extraction with implantation of a posterior chamber lens in otherwise normal eyes 11 to 44 weeks previously, the intra-ocular light scatter was measured with an IOI stray light meter. All the eyes examined had little or no after-cataract. A regression curve for stray light values in normal eyes as function of age was used as reference. The measurements show that the intra-ocular light scatter in pseudophakic eyes with little or no after-cataract increases by a factor 2. This increase must be caused by the combination implant lens-posterior capsule.
ISSN:0012-4486
DOI:10.1007/BF00153501