Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2395-1443
Online ISSN: 2395-1451
CODEN : IJCEKF
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...Original Article
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Volume : 9, Issue : 2, Year : 2023
Article Page : 151-154
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2023.030
Abstract
Background: Endothelial cell loss is a key indicator of the quality of anterior segment surgery like cataract surgery. The amount and integrity of corneal endothelial cells are the two most essential factors determining corneal transparency.
Aim of this study was to compare the endothelial cell loss between the superior scleral tunnel incision and the temporal clear corneal incision for phacoemulsification.
Design: Prospective observational study.
Materials and Methods: This prospective observational study included 50 patients with grade II and III cataracts undergoing phacoemulsification with a temporal clear corneal incision and 50 patients with a superior scleral tunnel incision. Specular microscopy was used to count ocular endothelial cells before and one month after the surgery.
The mean endothelial cell loss was significantly higher with temporal clear corneal incision (14.91% ± 5.13%) in comparison to the superior scleral tunnel incision group (6.58% ± 2.06%).
Conclusion: A superior scleral tunnel incision is associated with less postoperative endothelial cell loss as compared to a temporal clear corneal incision and could provide a better visual outcome.
Keywords: Cataract, Endothelial cell loss, Temporal clear corneal incision, Superior scleral tunnel incision, Phacoemulsification.
How to cite : Choudhary P, Kulariya A, Chouhan A, A comparative study: Changes in endothelial cell count in phacoemulsification with temporal clear corneal incision vs superior scleral incision in grade II & III cataract. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2023;9(2):151-154
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