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To examine the relationship between anterior chamber flare, cellular reaction, and lens surface cytology in patients receiving PMMA versus heparin-surface-modified intraocular lenses over one year.

May 1, 1995Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery

Correlations between aqueous flare and cells and lens surface cytology in eyes with poly(methyl methacrylate) and heparin-surface-modified intraocular lenses

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MPMilind PandeAquamarine Power (United Kingdom)SSS M ShahSuamandeep Vidyapeeth University DSD J SpaltonGuy's Hospital

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Randomized trial reveals early postoperative flare relates to surgical trauma while delayed flare correlates with monocyte-derived cells, highlighting distinct drivers of ocular inflammation.

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To examine the relationship between anterior chamber flare, cellular reaction, and lens surface cytology in patients receiving PMMA versus heparin-surface-modified intraocular lenses over one year.
Prospective, randomized, single-surgeon clinical trial of 59 patients undergoing standardized endocapsular cataract surgery.
Patients received either a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) intraocular lens or a heparin-surface-modified (HSM) intraocular lens.
Anterior chamber laser flare, cell measurements, and anterior IOL surface cellular reaction were monitored for 1 year postoperatively.
Early postoperative blood-aqueous barrier breakdown was primarily driven by surgical trauma rather than lens biomaterial.
At one month post-surgery, blood-aqueous barrier disruption correlated with inflammatory mediators released by small monocyte-derived cells on the lens surface.
Giant cells present on the intraocular lens surface did not correlate with aqueous flare, indicating an insignificant release of inflammatory mediators.

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Pande et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71cc6d2163a0a01bc5c9d3 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0886-3350(13)80142-3

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Randomized trial reveals early postoperative flare relates to surgical trauma while delayed flare correlates with monocyte-derived cells, highlighting distinct drivers of ocular inflammation.

Correlations between aqueous flare and cells and lens surface cytology in eyes with poly(methyl methacrylate) and heparin-surface-modified intraocular lenses

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Correlations between aqueous flare and cells and lens surface cytology in eyes with poly(methyl methacrylate) and heparin-surface-modified intraocular lenses

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