Effect of Nd:YAG Laser Posterior Capsulotomy on Intraocular Pressure
Faisal Mehmood, Syed Abdullah Mazhar, Nesr Farooq, Sehar Zahid, Hifza Masood, Nabeel Iqbal
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ABSTRACT
Aim:
To determine the effect of Nd:YAG laser
posterior capsulotomy on Intraocular pressure (IOP).
Study
design: Descriptive case series.
Place
and duration of study: Department
of Ophthalmology Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust Free Eye and Cancer
Hospital Lahore Pakistan from 1st
July 2018 to 30th June 2019.
Methodology: Three hundred and sixty patients ranged from
40 to 85 years and both males and females were enrolled. The intraocular
pressure was measured before the procedure and then at 1 hour and 1 week after
the procedure using the Goldmann applanation tonometer by a consultant
ophthalmologist.
Results:
The mean
age of the patients in our study was 62.29±10.90 years that comprised of 206 (57.22%) males
and 154 (42.78%) females. The mean IOP before Nd:YAG laser posterior
capsulotomy was 15.40±2.71 mmHg whereas the mean IOP after Nd:YAG laser
posterior capsulotomy was 19.04±3.50 mmHg. The effect of Nd:YAG laser posterior
capsulotomy on IOP was recorded in 88 (24.44%) patients with raised IOP whereas
a majority 272 (75.56%) patients had a normal IOP.
Conclusion: The rise in IOP after Nd:YAG laser posterior
capsulotomy is statistically significant and each minimum possible laser energy
must be used on each patient undergoing Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy.
Key
words: Posterior capsular opacification, Nd:YAG laser
posterior capsulotomy, Intraocular pressure
ABSTRACT
Aim:
To determine the effect of Nd:YAG laser
posterior capsulotomy on Intraocular pressure (IOP).
Study
design: Descriptive case series.
Place
and duration of study: Department
of Ophthalmology Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust Free Eye and Cancer
Hospital Lahore Pakistan from 1st
July 2018 to 30th June 2019.
Methodology: Three hundred and sixty patients ranged from
40 to 85 years and both males and females were enrolled. The intraocular
pressure was measured before the procedure and then at 1 hour and 1 week after
the procedure using the Goldmann applanation tonometer by a consultant
ophthalmologist.
Results:
The mean
age of the patients in our study was 62.29±10.90 years that comprised of 206 (57.22%) males
and 154 (42.78%) females. The mean IOP before Nd:YAG laser posterior
capsulotomy was 15.40±2.71 mmHg whereas the mean IOP after Nd:YAG laser
posterior capsulotomy was 19.04±3.50 mmHg. The effect of Nd:YAG laser posterior
capsulotomy on IOP was recorded in 88 (24.44%) patients with raised IOP whereas
a majority 272 (75.56%) patients had a normal IOP.
Conclusion: The rise in IOP after Nd:YAG laser posterior
capsulotomy is statistically significant and each minimum possible laser energy
must be used on each patient undergoing Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy.
Key
words: Posterior capsular opacification, Nd:YAG laser
posterior capsulotomy, Intraocular pressure