ArticleJournal of ophthalmology2018
Continuation of Aspirin Therapy before Cataract Surgery with Different Incisions: Safe or Not?
Article in Journal of ophthalmology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- AMBULATORY EYE SURGERY AND ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY - NEW APPROACHES.Acta clinica Croatica · 2021Pooled it
- Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane Surgery in Patients Aged Over 80 Years: Efficacy and Safety.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- Combined aspirin and clopidogrel therapy in phacoemulsification cataract surgery: a risk factor for ocular hemorrhage?International ophthalmology · 2020Article
- Evaluation of Bleeding Risk of Cataract Phacoemulsification in Patients with Long-term Aspirin Use after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.Middle East African journal of ophthalmologyArticle
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeTo assess whether to continue aspirin therapy while having uncomplicated phacoemulsification cataract surgery with different incisions.
methodsConsecutive patients having cataract surgery under topical anesthesia with different incisions between May 2016 and August 2017 were followed. 236 eyes of 166 patients on routine aspirin therapy were randomized into 2 groups: continuation group, 112 eyes; discontinuation group, 124 eyes. 121 eyes of 94 patients on no routine anticoagulant therapy were used as the control group. Patients were examined 1 day preoperatively and 1 day and 7 days postoperatively. Intraoperative and postoperative complications were recorded.
resultsStatistically, there was no significant difference about postoperative BCVA among three groups. A higher incidence of subconjunctival hemorrhage was shown in the continuation group than in the discontinuation group and the control group (17.0% versus 8.1%,
conclusionsThe outcomes indicated that phacoemulsification cataract surgery under topical anesthesia could be safely performed without ceasing systemic aspirin therapy. Clear corneal incision could be a better choice in patients treated with aspirin.
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