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To evaluate factors linked to immediate blood aqueous barrier disruption and incomplete barrier recovery three months following extracapsular cataract extraction.

August 1, 1992British Journal of OphthalmologyOpen Access

Continued breakdown of the blood aqueous barrier following cataract surgery.

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VFVeronica FergusonImperial College London DSD J SpaltonGuy's Hospital

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Cohort study reveals risk factors for prolonged blood aqueous barrier disruption following cataract surgery, highlighting structural and metabolic influences on eye recovery.

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To evaluate factors linked to immediate blood aqueous barrier disruption and incomplete barrier recovery three months following extracapsular cataract extraction.
Followed a cohort of 84 patients undergoing routine extracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation.
Quantified blood aqueous barrier permeability sequentially using anterior chamber fluorophotometry over a 3-month postoperative period.
Early excessive postoperative blood aqueous barrier breakdown was significantly associated with intraoperative iris damage (p < 0.01) and preexisting diabetes mellitus (p < 0.01).
By 3 months postoperatively, 79% of eyes regained normal barrier function, whereas 21% (18 eyes) showed persistent leakage associated with abnormal pupil shape (p < 0.02) and posterior synechiae formation (p < 0.001).

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Ferguson et al. (1992) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86a4e2e8ed635c0289c6d7 https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.76.8.453

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Cohort study reveals risk factors for prolonged blood aqueous barrier disruption following cataract surgery, highlighting structural and metabolic influences on eye recovery.

Continued breakdown of the blood aqueous barrier following cataract surgery.

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Continued breakdown of the blood aqueous barrier following cataract surgery.

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