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Trabecular pigmentation following extracapsular cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. 1990

K Sugiyama, and Y Kitazawa

Department of Ophthalmology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.

We prospectively evaluated the change in trabecular pigmentation following extracapsular cataract extraction and posterior-chamber intraocular lens implantation in 70 patients (94 eyes) with senile cataracts. Using the Boys-Smith pigment gradation lens to measure semiquantitatively the amount of pigment visible in the angle, we estimated the mean trabecular pigmentation preoperatively and at 3-month intervals postoperatively. Both the mean pigmentation and the number of eyes with heavy pigmentation rose after the operation and then gradually returned to preoperative levels. There was no correlation between the amount of trabecular pigmentation and intraocular pressure.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007429	Intraocular Pressure	The pressure of the fluids in the eye.	Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D007910	Lenses, Intraocular	Artificial implanted lenses.	Implantable Contact Lens,Lens, Intraocular,Contact Lens, Implantable,Intraocular Lens,Intraocular Lenses,Lens, Implantable Contact
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010858	Pigmentation	Coloration or discoloration of a part by a pigment.	Pigmentations
D011446	Prospective Studies	Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.	Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D002387	Cataract Extraction	The removal of a cataractous CRYSTALLINE LENS from the eye.	Enzymatic Zonulolysis,Phakectomy,Cataract Extractions,Enzymatic Zonulolyses,Extraction, Cataract,Extractions, Cataract,Phakectomies,Zonulolyses, Enzymatic,Zonulolysis, Enzymatic
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man