ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2022
Hydrophobic versus hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens on posterior capsule opacification: a Meta-analysis.
Article in International journal of ophthalmology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Clinical outcomes of combined presbyopia and astigmatism correction following hydrophilic trifocal toric intraocular lens implantation in cataract patients: a prospective clinical study.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Observational
- Long-term comparison of posterior capsular opacification in highly myopic eyes between hydrophilic and hydrophobic intraocular lenses.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Posterior capsular opacification requiring Nd:YAG capsulotomy after ENOVA GF3 hydrophobic monofocal IOL implantation.International ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Assessing Particle Release from Intraocular Lenses with a Combination of OptoFluidic Force Induction, μ-Raman and μ-FTIR.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Comparison of the Incidence of Nd:YAG Laser Capsulotomy Based on the Type of Intraocular Lens.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for Nd:YAG Laser Capsulotomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 9768 eyes.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2023Article
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- YAG Capsulotomy Rates in Patients Following Cataract Surgery and Implantation of New Hydrophobic Preloaded Intraocular Lens in an Australian Cohort: 3-Year Results.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- Surgical outcome comparisons of multifocal IOLs of Lentis Comfort LS-313 MF15 and Tecnis Eyhance DIB00V.International journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
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Abstract
aimTo conduct a Meta-analysis pooling randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to compare hydrophobic with hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses in terms of posterior capsule opacification (PCO) development.
methodsElectronic databases including PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were queried from their starting till January 2020. RCTs investigating the impact of hydrophobic versus hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses on PCO were considered eligible in this study. The pooled effect estimates were calculated using the random-effects model.
resultsThirteen RCTs comprising of 939 patients (1263 eyes) were covered in this study. Patients with hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses had a lower PCO score than those with a hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses [standard mean difference: -1.80; 95% confidence interval (CI): -2.62 to -0.98;
conclusionThese findings suggest that hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses are superior to hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses in patients after cataract surgery due to lower PCO score and reduced Nd:YAG capsulotomy. While similar studies are conducted by other researchers, the present study conducted subgroup analyses that show superior results with hydrophobic lenses in trials conducted in western countries.
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