CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA FOLLOWING CATARACT SURGERY Alberto Rossetti and Daniele Doro Cystoic macular edema (CME) is the most common cause of unexpected visual loss following cataract surgery. CME occurring in aphakic eyes with intraretinal fluorescein angiographic cystoid spaces has been termed the Irving-Gas syndrome. After extracapsular extraction chronic CME with permanent visual loss is estimated to occur in approximately 1% of patients. The majority of cases occur between 4 and 12 week after cataract surgery. Predisposing factors are intraoperative complication ( e.g. vitreous loss or vitreous traction at the wound, severe iris trauma), diabetic retinopathy, and pre-existing epiretinal membrane. The authors describe the pathogenesis , the diagnosis, the symptoms , the prevention and the medical therapy of CME.
Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery.
ROSSETTI, ALBERTO;DORO, DANIELE
2004
Abstract
CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA FOLLOWING CATARACT SURGERY Alberto Rossetti and Daniele Doro Cystoic macular edema (CME) is the most common cause of unexpected visual loss following cataract surgery. CME occurring in aphakic eyes with intraretinal fluorescein angiographic cystoid spaces has been termed the Irving-Gas syndrome. After extracapsular extraction chronic CME with permanent visual loss is estimated to occur in approximately 1% of patients. The majority of cases occur between 4 and 12 week after cataract surgery. Predisposing factors are intraoperative complication ( e.g. vitreous loss or vitreous traction at the wound, severe iris trauma), diabetic retinopathy, and pre-existing epiretinal membrane. The authors describe the pathogenesis , the diagnosis, the symptoms , the prevention and the medical therapy of CME.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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