title: Posterior Capsule Rupture during Phacoemulsification among Patients with Pseudoexfoliation-Is There A Correlation?
abstract: This study was done to correlate the occurrence of posterior capsule rupture among patients with pseudoexfoliation during phacoemulsification. This was a retrospective audit of patients who underwent phacoemulsification type cataract surgery from January 2011 to December 2012 in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia. Data was obtained from the National Eye Database (NED) of Malaysia. The data was analysed using SPSS version 21.0. By using logistic regression analysis, it was found that there was no significant increase in the occurrence of posterior capsule rupture among patients with pseudoexfoliation. Hence, we concluded that there was no correlation between the occurrence of posterior capsule rupture and the presence of pesudoexfoliation among patients who underwent phacoemulsification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Melaka, Jalan Mufti Hj Khalil, 75400 Melaka, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Thevi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thanigasalam
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Jalan Batu Hamper, Bukit Baru, 75150 Melaka, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Soumendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahoo
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Jalan Batu Hamper, Bukit Baru, 75150 Melaka, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Htoo Htoo
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kyaw Soe
keywords: cataract; phacoemulsification; posterior capsule of the lens; pseudoexfoliation; rupture