ArticleBMC ophthalmology2021
Macular perfusion analysed by optical coherence tomography angiography after uncomplicated phacoemulsification: benefits beyond restoring vision.
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- A prospective randomized clinical trial of active-fluidics versus gravity-fluidics system in phacoemulsification for age-related cataract (AGSPC).Annals of medicine · 2022Trial
- Automated Longitudinal Quantification of Retinal and Choroidal Vascular Changes After Phacoemulsification.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2026Article
- Post-phacoemulsification Vascular Changes in the Macula and Optic Nerve Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography: A Systematic Review.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2026Review
- Lens opacity as a predictor of retinal vasculature change following cataract surgery.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The change of retinal microvascular in APAC eyes and fellow PACS eyes detected using wide-field swept-source optical coherence tomographic angiography.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of Active Fluidics System on RNFL and GCL in Phacoemulsification.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- The Impact of Cataracts on the Measurement of Macular Choriocapillaris Flow Deficits Using Swept-Source OCT Angiography.Translational vision science & technology · 2023Article
- Microstructural Changes in the Macula Following Cataract Surgery in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Detected Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Changes in Macular Thickness after Cataract Surgery in Patients with Open Angle Glaucoma.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Long-Term Functional Hyperemia after Uncomplicated Phacoemulsification: Benefits beyond Restoring Vision.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Long-Term Variations in Retinal Parameters after Uncomplicated Cataract Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of the study is to investigate the changes of macular perfusion by OCT-angiography (OCT-A) after uncomplicated phacoemulsification.
methodsOCT-A was performed before cataract surgery, 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months after surgery recording superficial vascular complex (SVC), nerve fiber layer vascular plexus (NFLVP), superficial vascular plexus (SVP), deep vascular complex (DVC), intermediate capillary plexus (ICP) and deep capillary plexus (DCP), as well as large choroidal blood vessels and choriocapillaris (CC). Explant area (EA), vessels area (VA), vessels percentage area (VPA), total number of junctions (TNJ), junctions density (JD), total vessels length (TVL), average vessels length (AVL), total number of end points (TNEP), and mean lacunarity (ML) throughout all layers were analysed.
resultsSignificant changes of vascular parameters in 55 eyes of 55 patients mostly reached plateau one week after surgery and remained stable up to 3 m after surgery, occurring in all retinal layers but not in choroid and CC. The greatest increase in VPA (22.79%), TVL (16.71%), AVL (166.71%) and JD (29.49%) was in SVC. On the contrary, the greatest change of ML (- 53.41%) appeared in DVC.
conclusionsThis is the first OCT-A study demonstrating perfusion alterations in macula after phacoemulsification due to functional hyperaemia. We presume the effect is evoked by increased light intensity stimulation of retina after cataract removal. Accordingly, phacoemulsification in elderly population could have advantageous feature in addition to restoring visual acuity.
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