[Minimal endothelial cell loss following phacoemulsification and implantation of a posterior chamber lens].
Fifty patients with senile cataract were treated consecutively by phacoemulsification in the posterior chamber or pupillary plane using a bimanual technique followed by implantation of a Kratz posterior chamber lens. Central endothelial cell density was determined both before and after surgery. The average central endothelial cell loss was 4.1 +/- 3.02%. Follow-up examinations of a small number of patients 27 months after phacoemulsification and posterior chamber lens implantation showed no additional lens-induced endothelial cell loss.
D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology
Geringe Endothelzellverluste nach Phakoemulsifikation und Implantation einer Hinterkammerlinse.