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ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2018

Corneal integrity and thickness of central fovea after phacoemulsification surgery in diabetic and nondiabetic cataract patients.

Zhuo Chen, Fanqian Song, Liyao Sun, Chuchu Zhao, Ningning Gao, Ping Liu, Hongyan Ge

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Article in Archives of medical science : AMS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhuo ChenDepartment of Eye, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Fanqian SongDepartment of Eye, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Liyao SunDepartment of Eye, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Chuchu ZhaoDepartment of Eye, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Ningning GaoDepartment of Eye, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Ping LiuDepartment of Eye, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Hongyan GeDepartment of Eye, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Harbin Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionHere we intended to investigate the changes in corneal endothelial cells and foveal thickness after phacoemulsification surgery on the eyes of diabetic and non-diabetic cataract patients. MATERIAL AND

methodsA total of 120 cataract patients who were scheduled for phacoemulsification surgery and intraocular lens implantation were recruited and divided into 2 categories according to the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Changes in integrity, endothelial cell density (ECD), coefficient of variation (CV), percentage of hexagonal cells (PHC), central corneal thickness (CCT), and central foveal thickness (CFT) were all recorded at preoperative day 1 and postoperative day 3, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months.

resultsNone of the recorded variables showed any difference between the nondiabetic and diabetic groups before surgery (

conclusionsThe diabetic group had more changes in corneal endothelial cells and foveal thickness than the nondiabetic group postoperatively.

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corneal integritydiabetes mellitusendothelial cell densityphacoemulsification

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PMID30002699
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