title: Influence of cataract surgery on macular thickness: a 6-month follow-up.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine long-term changes in macular thickness after cataract surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Research work included 27 patients (27 eyes) who underwent uneventful cataract surgery with phacoemulsification and IOL implantation on one eye. Optical coherence tomography was used to obtain data of macular thickness before surgery and for patients who attended scheduled control measurement 1 month (22 patients), 3 months (23 patients), and 6 months (20 patients) after the surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The greatest increase in average macular thickness was seen 1 month after cataract surgery, statistically significant in all areas except in fovea and superior quarter of macula. Statistically significant decrease in macular thickness was noticed 3 and 6 months after the surgery. Comparison of macular thickness 6 months after cataract surgery and values before surgery showed no statistically significant difference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings confirmed the reversibility of macular thickness changes 6 months after cataract surgery and its return to preoperative values.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Clinical Centre Maribor, Ljubljanska 5, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Šiško
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Clinical Centre Maribor, Ljubljanska 5, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Nina Košič
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Knez
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Clinical Centre Maribor, Ljubljanska 5, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia. d.pahor@ukc-mb.si.|Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia. d.pahor@ukc-mb.si.
authors.forename: Dušica
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pahor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cataract surgery; Macular thickness; Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Phacoemulsification