title: Posterior capsule opacification after cataract surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To prospectively compare the degree of posterior capsule opacification (PCO) after cataract surgery in patients with and without diabetes mellitus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sugita Eye Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-two eyes of 42 consecutive diabetes mellitus patients (DM group) and 42 eyes of 42 non-DM patients (control group) scheduled to have cataract surgery were enrolled. The PCO value was determined using the posterior capsule opacification (POCO) system 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Posterior capsule opacification values 3 months after surgery did not differ significantly between the 2 groups (P>.05). At 6 and 12 months, the PCO values of the DM group were significantly higher than those of the control group (P = .002 and P = .03, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diabetic patients had significantly more severe PCO after cataract surgery than nondiabetic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shiga Medical College, Ohtsu, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ebihara
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oshika
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshizaki
authors.forename: Gentaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sugita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies