ReviewInternational ophthalmology2021
Laser flare and cell photometry to measure inflammation after cataract surgery: a tool to predict the risk of cystoid macular edema.
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- Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic IOLs in Patients with Uveitis - A Randomised Clinical Trial.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Trial
- Clinical Comparison of 4D Phaco and Torsional Ultrasound Phacoemulsification Platforms: Association with Cumulative Dissipated Energy and Postoperative Inflammatory Response.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Association between systemic immune-inflammation index and postoperative optical quality in the early recovery phase after cataract surgery: a retrospective study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Quantitative evaluation of inflammation after phacoemulsification surgery: anterior chamber flare and choroidal vascular index.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2025Observational
- Elevated Inflammatory Cytokines Persist in the Aqueous Humor Years After Cataract Surgery.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
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- Anterior chamber flare and choroidal vascular index as inflammatory markers after uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery.International ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Laser Flare Photometry to Monitor Childhood Chronic Uveitis: A Preliminary Report of a Monocentric Italian Experience.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Refractory post-surgical cystoid macular edema managed following suprachoroidal microcatheterization and delivery of triamcinolone.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Changes in Macular Thickness after Cataract Surgery in Patients with Open Angle Glaucoma.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Factors influencing aqueous flare after cataract surgery and its evaluation with laser flare photometry.Therapeutic advances in ophthalmologyReview
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Abstract
purposeTo review the current adoption of laser flare and cell photometry (LFCP) in the setting of modern cataract surgery to analyze inflammation aiming to identify evidence of a correlation between LFCP values and the risk of cystoid macular edema (CME) development.
methodsAn extensive PubMed literature search was performed to review all the published studies investigating inflammation by LFCP after uncomplicated phacoemulsification. The following keywords were used: cataract surgery, cystoid macular edema, anterior chamber inflammation, laser flare, and cell photometry.
resultsSeventy-eight original articles investigating inflammation by LFCP were selected. Macula alterations were searched in 12 (15%) trials, by optical coherence tomography or fluorescein angiography in 11 (14%) and 1 (1%) studies, respectively. Among them, 9 (12%) papers investigated the correlation between LFCP values and cystic changes to the macula: 7 (9%) and 2 (3%) studies identified a positive and negative correlation, respectively. Three (4%) papers did not perform any correlation analysis.
conclusionCME, as a consequence of uncontrolled postoperative inflammation, is a common cause for unfavorable visual outcomes following uncomplicated phacoemulsification with IOL implantation. After surgery, intraocular inflammation is generally assessed by qualitative methods. Although well-established and practical in uveitis, they are inadequate to detect the modest inflammatory response that usually occurs after uneventful phacoemulsification. LFCP correlate with the chance of macula alteration after surgery and higher the values higher the risk of CME. The quantitative analysis of intraocular inflammation by LFCP after cataract surgery might be a tool to predict the risk of pseudophakic CME.
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