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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
We performed a retrospective analysis of lens changes occurring after vitrectomy for idiopathic epiretinal membranes causing macular pucker on 75 consecutive phakic eyes. Thirty-five eyes (47%) had appearance or progression of nuclear sclerosis. There were no changes in anterior subcapsular cataracts and three eyes (4%) had minimal changes in posterior subcapsular cataracts. Based on univariate analysis, presence of preoperative nuclear sclerosis, length of follow-up period, and surgeon were found to be associated with the occurrence or progression of nuclear sclerosis. Differences between surgeons were largely accounted for by the difference in proportions with preoperative nuclear sclerosis, and differing lengths of follow-up. Kaplan-Meier life table analysis performed on 53 eyes with examination of fellow eyes and longer follow-up showed significantly more nuclear sclerosis in the operated on eye when compared to the fellow eye (log-rank test, P less than .0001).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0002-9394
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
105
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
160-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Nuclear sclerosis after vitrectomy for idiopathic epiretinal membranes.
pubmed:affiliation
Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article