Cataract Surgery Outcomes in Uveitis: The Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the visual outcomes of cataract surgery in eyes that received fluocinolone acetonide implant or systemic therapy with oral corticosteroids and immunosuppression during the Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) Trial.

Design

Nested prospective cohort study of patients enrolled in a randomized clinical trial.

Participants

Patients that underwent cataract surgery during the first 2 years of follow-up in the MUST Trial.

Methods

Visual outcomes of cataract surgery were evaluated 3, 6, and 9 months after surgery using logarithmic visual acuity charts. Change in visual acuity over time was assessed using a mixed-effects model.

Main outcome measures

Best-corrected visual acuity.

Results

After excluding eyes that underwent cataract

SUBMITTER: Sen HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5554451 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature