Incidence of glistenings with the latest generation of yellow-tinted hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the incidence of glistenings in a large series of consecutive eyes with a blue light-filtering hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) and the relationship with parameters such as age, sex, follow-up length, and corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA).


METHODS
Service d'Ophtalmologie, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.


METHODS
Cross-sectional study.


METHODS
This study included 111 eyes of 74 patients (age range 33 to 86 years). All cases had cataract surgery with Acrysof SN60WF monofocal IOL implantation and had a routine postoperative examination between March 2011 and June 2011. The incidence and severity of glistenings were evaluated with the slitlamp. Also evaluated was their relationship with age, sex, follow-up length, IOL power, and CDVA. Glistenings were subjectively graded (0 = absent; 1 = moderate; 2 = dense).


RESULTS
Glistenings occurred in 96 eyes (86.5%). Glistenings were of grade 1 severity in 45 eyes (40.5%) and of grade 2 severity in 51 eyes (45.9%). The follow-up was significantly longer in eyes with grade 2 glistenings (P ≤ .01). A limited, but significant, correlation was found between glistening severity and length of follow-up (r = 0.32, P<.01). Although there was a trend toward decreased visual acuities at higher glistening grades (r = 0.22, P = .01), there were no significant differences in CDVA between the glistening severity groups (P = .14).


CONCLUSIONS
Glistenings were common in eyes with the blue light-filtering hydrophobic acrylic IOL and increased over time.


BACKGROUND
No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
Service d'Ophtalmologie, CHU Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France.
Joseph
J
Colin
Delphine
D
Praud
David
D
Touboul
Cedric
C
Schweitzer
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014617:Vacuoles; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology
D000180:Acrylic Resins