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Park and Lee: Clinical Results of Cataract Operation in a Monocular Person
Original Article
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2012; 53(12): 1772-1776.

Published online: 17 December 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2012.53.12.1772

Clinical Results of Cataract Operation in a Monocular Person

Jong Ho Park, MD, Jong Soo Lee, MD, PhD

Department of Ophthalmology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

Address reprint requests to Jong Soo Lee, MD, PhD. Department of Ophthalmology, Pusan National University Hospital, #179 Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu, Busan 602-739, Korea. Tel: 82-51-240-7326, Fax: 82-51-242-7341, jongsool@pusan.ac.kr

Received 18 July 2012       Accepted 26 November 2012

Copyright © 2012 The Korean Ophthalmological Society

Abstract

Purpose

To investigate complication rates and results of cataract surgery in a monocular patient compared to normal binocular cataract patients.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed 84 eyes of 84 patients that had undergone phacoemulsification, intraocular lens implantation and were followed up for 6 months or more. The fellow eye condition was classified into two different groups: Group A (experimental group) and Group B (control group). The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) before and after surgery, operation time, nucleus sclerosis, and complication rate between the two groups were compared.

Results

Both groups showed a significant level of visual improvement after 6 months (p < 0.01, 0.01). There was no significant difference in sex, age, preoperative lens opacity, pre- and postoperative visual acuity, spherical equivalent, astigmatism, and rate of complications (posterior capsule rupture [n = 1], uveitis [n = 1] vs. posterior capsule rupture [n = 3], intraocular lens capture [n = 1].

Conclusions

The present study showed no difference in surgical results between Groups A and B. The results demonstrated that cataract surgery in a monocular patient resulted in favorable visual improvement.

Keywords: Blindness, Cataract, Last eye, Monocular person

Figures and Tables

Figure 1
Change of visual acuity after operation. Vac = visual acuity, Preop = preoperative, Postop = postoperative, log MAR = logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution.
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Table 1
Patient characteristics
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Values are presented as mean ± SD.

Table 2
Comparison of surgical results between group A and B
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Values are presented as mean ± SD.

SE = spherical equivalent.

*Statistically significant.

Table 3
Causes of blindness in the fellow eye
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