title: [Evaluation of macular edema after uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery with implantation of intraocular lens by spectral domain optical coherence tomography].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate macular edema after uncomplicated phacoemulsification with implantation of intraocular lens by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective study was conducted in 62 eyes of patients underwent phacoemulsification with implantation of intraocular lens. Patients were evaluated before surgery and after surgery at day 1, week 1, week 2 and week 4. Visual acuity (VA), anterior chamber cells and 200 x 200 macular cube optical coherence tomography were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After phacoemulsification there was an improvement in visual acuity, decreasing inflammation, and increased macular thickness and macular volume. There was one case of cystoid macular edema. There was a weak inverse correlation between visual acuity and central macular thickness, and between visual acuity and macular volume. We observed a week direct correlation between inflammation and macular volume.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Subclinical macular edema develops even after uncomplicated cataract surgery in patients not predisposed. The spectral domain optical coherence tomography was able to detect small increases in macular thickness in the study period.
authors: Everton Paroschi
authors: EP
authors: Corrêa
authors: Luciana Freitas Lemos de
authors: LF
authors: Oliveira
authors: Pedro Durães
authors: PD
authors: Serracarbassa
authors: Akyioshi
authors: A
authors: Oshima
authors: Emerson Fernandes de
authors: EF
authors: Sousa e Castro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity