ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences
Change in corneal endothelial cell density after phacoemulsification in patients with type II diabetes mellitus.
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- Meta-analysis of corneal endothelial changes after phacoemulsification in diabetic and non-diabetic patients.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Pooled it
- Predicting early postoperative corneal edema after phacoemulsification: A retrospective observational study.Medicine · 2026Observational
- Cataract Surgery in Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome Using the Eight-Chop Technique.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss Following Cataract Surgery in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Comprehensive Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- A Shape Memory Polymeric Shield for Protecting Corneal Endothelium During Phacoemulsification.Translational vision science & technology · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the Corneal Endothelium Following Cataract Surgery in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Patients.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Makes Corneal Endothelial Cells Vulnerable to Ultraviolet A-Induced Oxidative Damage Via Decreased DJ-1/Nrf2/NQO1 Pathway.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2022Article
- Comparison of corneal endothelial cell morphology in type-2 diabetes and nondiabetics.Oman journal of ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the mean change in Corneal Endothelial cell Density (CED), from baseline (pre-operative value), two months after phacoemulsification cataract surgery between type II diabetic patients and non-diabetic patients.
methodsThis prospective stratified controlled study was conducted at PNS Shifa Hospital, Karachi. 80 eyes of 72 type II diabetic patients and 80 eyes of 77 non diabetic controls, having Nuclear Opalescence (NO) grades 2 and 3 on slit lamp examination underwent phacoemulsification surgery. CED was measured in cells/mm
resultsMean age of study population was 61.41± 6.76 years. Out of study population, 92 (57.5%) were males and 68 (42.5%) were females. There was a statistically significant difference between both groups in terms of mean post-operative CED, mean change in CED and mean frequency change in CED (p <0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between both groups in age, gender, laterality of eyes and mean pre-operative CED, (p >0.05). Difference of pre-operative CED from post-operative CED in each group was statistically significant.
conclusionThere is a significant difference between diabetic population and normal population in terms of corneal endothelial loss after uneventful phacoemulsification cataract surgery.
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