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Cystoid macular edema after intracapsular and extracapsular cataract extraction with and without an intraocular lens. 1982

N S Jaffe, and H M Clayman, and M S Jaffe

A prospective cystoid macular edema study of aphakic and pseudophakic patients showed that extracapsular cataract surgery has a lower rate than intracapsular surgery when the surgery is uncomplicated. There was no difference in the rates with intracapsular surgery with and without an intraocular lens. A complicated extracapsular with an intraocular lens has a higher rate than when the surgery is uncomplicated. In extracapsular surgery with complications, there is no difference in the rates with and without an intraocular lens. When complications occur, the ratio of clinical to angiographic-proven cases is higher than when the surgery is uncomplicated. This study included four series of uncomplicated cataract extractions and three series of complicated cataract extractions. A fluorescein angiogram was performed on every patient at least one year after surgery.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007910	Lenses, Intraocular	Artificial implanted lenses.	Implantable Contact Lens,Lens, Intraocular,Contact Lens, Implantable,Intraocular Lens,Intraocular Lenses,Lens, Implantable Contact
D008266	Macula Lutea	An oval area in the retina, 3 to 5 mm in diameter, usually located temporal to the posterior pole of the eye and slightly below the level of the optic disk. It is characterized by the presence of a yellow pigment diffusely permeating the inner layers, contains the fovea centralis in its center, and provides the best phototropic visual acuity. It is devoid of retinal blood vessels, except in its periphery, and receives nourishment from the choriocapillaris of the choroid. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)	Lutea, Macula,Luteas, Macula,Macula Luteas
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
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
D012164	Retinal Diseases	Diseases involving the RETINA.	Disease, Retinal,Diseases, Retinal,Retinal Disease
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
D004487	Edema	Abnormal fluid accumulation in TISSUES or body cavities. Most cases of edema are present under the SKIN in SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE.	Dropsy,Hydrops,Anasarca
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man