Increased aqueous flare intensity in eyes with liquefied after-cataract.
OBJECTIVE
To describe aqueous flare intensity in eyes with white liquefied after-cataract.


METHODS
Department of Ophthalmology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan.


METHODS
Seven patients with unilateral liquefied after-cataract and another 10 unaffected patients with an intraocular lens (IOL) were examined. The eyes were divided into 3 groups. The first group was composed of 7 eyes with liquefied after-cataract. The second group included the fellow eyes of the patients with unilateral liquefied after-cataract; 4 had an IOL, and 3 had cataract. The third group included 10 additional eyes without liquefied after-cataract. All patients underwent cataract operations consisting of phacoemulsification/aspiration with continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis and acrylic IOL implantation in the capsular bag. Aqueous flare was measured using a laser flare-cell meter.


RESULTS
The mean +/- SD of aqueous flare intensity was significantly higher in the first group (11.8 +/- 1.8 photon counts/msec) than in the second group (6.4 +/- 0.8 photon counts/msec) and in the third group (6.3 +/- 0.7 photon counts/msec).


CONCLUSIONS
It is possible that liquefaction of after-cataract and disruption of the blood-aqueous barrier may be related.
Kitagawa
Kiyotaka
K
Department of Ophthalmology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan. ohpthal@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
Hayasaka
Seiji
S
Nagaki
Yasunori
Y
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000378:metabolism*; D019923:Capsulorhexis; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000378:metabolism*
D005136:Eye Proteins