{"title":"Reduced Incidence of Retinal Detachment Post-YAG Capsulotomy with High A-constant IOLs","authors":"S. Gregory Smith, Christopher T. Aleman","doi":"10.1016/S0955-3681(13)80389-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Objective: To determine if an intraocular lens (IOL) with a high A constant reduced the incidence of retinal detachment following YAG laser capsulotomy. Study Design: Patients had to have a minimum of 1 year follow-up following a YAG capsulotomy. This is a retrospective analysis of a consecutive series of 254 YAG lasers. Setting: An out-patient clinical practice. Main Outcome Measures: Incidence of retinal detachment and A constant of the IOLs used for the primary cataract surgery. Results: Zero percent incidence of retinal detachment in patients with IOLs having an A constant of 118.5 or greater (103 patients) and 4.8% incidence of retinal detachment of patients having an IOL of less than 118.5 (42 patients) (<em>P</em> = 0.08%). Conclusions: This study shows a definite trend towards a reduced rate of retinal detachment with high A-constant IOLs. In order to achieve a 90% confidence level it is necessary to have 450 patients in each group in order to compare the data. A multi-centre study is underway to achieve this.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100500,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Implant and Refractive Surgery","volume":"7 6","pages":"Pages 335-337"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0955-3681(13)80389-9","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European Journal of Implant and Refractive Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955368113803899","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Objective: To determine if an intraocular lens (IOL) with a high A constant reduced the incidence of retinal detachment following YAG laser capsulotomy. Study Design: Patients had to have a minimum of 1 year follow-up following a YAG capsulotomy. This is a retrospective analysis of a consecutive series of 254 YAG lasers. Setting: An out-patient clinical practice. Main Outcome Measures: Incidence of retinal detachment and A constant of the IOLs used for the primary cataract surgery. Results: Zero percent incidence of retinal detachment in patients with IOLs having an A constant of 118.5 or greater (103 patients) and 4.8% incidence of retinal detachment of patients having an IOL of less than 118.5 (42 patients) (P = 0.08%). Conclusions: This study shows a definite trend towards a reduced rate of retinal detachment with high A-constant IOLs. In order to achieve a 90% confidence level it is necessary to have 450 patients in each group in order to compare the data. A multi-centre study is underway to achieve this.