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1603532

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-13
pubmed:abstractText
We performed a clinical study to confirm whether and how residual lens epithelial cells (LECs) participate in postoperative pseudophakic inflammation, including fibrin reaction. Twenty-six eyes of 13 patients with bilateral cataracts were treated by phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC-IOL) implantation. In the eye from which LECs had not been removed, the aqueous flare was measured with a laser flare-cell meter. Flare decreased from an initial peak, increasing again to form a flare spike when LECs came into contact with the PC-IOL and began to undergo fibrous proliferation at 6 to 14 days after surgery. The spike was evidence that the blood-aqueous barrier had been disrupted again. Fibrin reaction developed in two eyes. In the other eye of each pair, from which LECs had been removed by ultrasound aspiration, neither a flare spike nor fibrous proliferation was noted. We conclude that residual LECs break down the blood-aqueous barrier as they proliferate and are involved in postoperative pseudophakic inflammation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-023X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
325-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Disruption of the blood-aqueous barrier by residual lens epithelial cells after intraocular lens implantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Nishi Eye Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article