title: Intraocular irrigating solutions: a clinical study of BSS plus and dextrose bicarbonate lactated Ringer's solution.
abstract: Intraocular irrigating solutions of varying compositions and costs are available for cataract surgery. We studied preoperative and two months postoperative extracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens implant corneal endothelial cell size in two groups. One group had received an intraoperative irrigating solution of lactated Ringer's with dextrose and bicarbonate. The other irrigating solution was BSS Plus which differs chiefly in the presence of glutathione. A nonstatistically significant trend in favor of BSS Plus was observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Investigation, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307-5001.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thomassen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Evaul
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002452:Cell Count; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000473:pathology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007552:Isotonic Solutions / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008903:Minerals / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000077325:Ringer's Lactate; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; C030660:BSS solution; D001639:Bicarbonates; D004338:Drug Combinations; D007552:Isotonic Solutions; D008903:Minerals; D000077325:Ringer's Lactate; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D005947:Glucose