Vitreous hyper-reflective dots and the macular thickness after cataract surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the association between vitreous hyper-reflective dots (VHD) and the macular thickness changes following uneventful phacoemulsification.

Methods

In this prospective cohort study optical coherence tomography (OCT) examinations were performed preoperatively and 1 week, 1 month and 3 months postoperatively in patients undergoing cataract surgery. OCT images were analyzed for retinal central subfield thickness (CST) and preretinal VHDs. Surgeries were recorded for the assessment of lens fragments in the space of Berger.

Results

111 eyes of 97 patient were enrolled of whom 69 (62.2%) were female. VHDs were seen in 25 eyes (22.5%) at week 1; in 21 eyes (18.9%) at month 1 and in 3 eyes (2.7%) at month 3. In all eyes with VHDs retro-capsular lens fragments w

SUBMITTER: Predovic J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11003696 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature