title: Follow-Up Study of Over Three Years of Patients with Uveitis after Cataract Phacoemulsification: Outcomes and Complications.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the rate and onset of intraoperative and postoperative complications post-phacoemulsification.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred sixty-two eyes of 145 patients with uveitis who underwent phacoemulsification between 2006 and 2009 were identified through surgical record review. Fifty-nine eyes of 46 patients met the inclusion criteria. Hazard ratio (HR) and Kaplan-Meier survival probability were calculated for each class of uveitis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Macular edema (ME) resulted to be associated to chronic postoperative inflammation (r = 0.6; p = 0.00) and mostly related to patients who presented more than one postoperative relapse/year (r = 0.2; p = 0.02). Fuchs uveitis resulted to be a risk factor for posterior capsule opacification (PCO) (HR 3.36 IC95%1.0-10.5; p = 0.03). Hypotony and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) were detected in the anterior uveitis group (0.02 EY).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The HR to develop ME was significantly related to chronic anterior uveitis. PCO and elevated IOP are most frequent in Fuchs uveitis. The postoperative visual acuity result was good among all the uveitis groups.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Rome "Sapienza" , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbouda
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Rome "Sapienza" , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tortorella
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Rome "Sapienza" , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Restivo
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Rome "Sapienza" , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Rome "Sapienza" , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Marco
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Rome "Sapienza" , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: La Cava
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D058442:Capsule Opacification / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cataract IOL; phacoemulsification; uveitis