[Analysis of the nerve fiber layer using GDx in pseudophakic patients with posterior capsular opacification].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate if posterior capsule opacification (PCO) would alter the analysis of nerve fiber layer using the scanning laser polarimetry (GDx).


METHODS
Pseudophakic non-glaucomatosous eyes (37 patients) underwent nerve fiber layer analysis using GDx before and after posterior capsulotomy with Nd:YAG Laser.


RESULTS
In five eyes, GDx did not obtain acceptable images using the device's parameters of acquisition. In the others, mean variable values did not reach significant difference before and after posterior capsulotomy.


CONCLUSIONS
Moderate degrees of PCO and/or acceptable images in pseudophakic patients do not alter the analysis of nerve fiber layer by GDx. Only intense degrees of PCO that hinder analyzable images make the examination impracticable.
Arraes
Tatiana Azevedo
TA
Centro de Referência em Oftalmologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Goiá, Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
Cavalcanti
Hellmann Dantas
HD
Arraes
João
J
Leão
Ana Cecília de Souza
AC
Sena
Marilia Fernandes
MF
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000294:innervation* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000473:pathology*; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D058609:Visual Field Tests