Rate of endothelial cell loss in the early postoperative period after cataract surgery.
Central corneal endothelial cell density was estimated in 33 consecutive patients preoperatively and at monthly intervals for 6 months after cataract surgery. The patients were divided into 3 groups by a random procedure to have either intracapsular extraction or intracapsular extraction plus Federov 4-loop iris clip lens, or extracapsular extraction with Binkhorst 2-loop iridocapsular lens. In all groups the greatest cell loss had occurred by one month and thereafter no accelerated loss was apparent except in individual patients. The limitations of such a method of assessment are discussed.
D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000473:pathology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods; D002452:Cell Count; D002470:Cell Survival; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011184:Postoperative Period