title: [Premature elevated intraocular pressure after cataract surgery].
abstract: We evaluated the frequency of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) the first 1-3 postoperative days for a group of patients undergoing standard or phacoemulsification extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE). IOP was measured in the pre and postoperative period using non-contact tonometer. From the 356 operated patients, 21 patients (6%) had early elevated IOP. The frequency of elevated IOP was greater among the patients that received anterior chamber (AC) IOL (25%) as compared to that of patients that received posterior chamber (PC) IOL (5.5%). The viscoelastic substance was responsible for a great percentage of cases (51%). The results show that the majority of elevated IOP is transient, recovered spontaneously or by treatment with carbonic anhydrase inhibitors or beta-adrenergic blockers. Elevated postoperative IOP occurs more frequently in the presence of glaucoma, cataract associated with systemic diseases, in complicated and traumatic cataract.
authors.affiliation: Spitalul Clinic de Urgenţă Militar Central.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sandu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stefaniu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zamfir
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Drăgan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ionică
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular / Q000379:methods