Purpose: This study was designed to evaluate
the frequency of cystoid macular edema
(CME) after phacoemulsification in patients
with non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus
(NIDDM) as judged clinically, using fluorescein
angiography and optical coherence
tomography (OCT).
Patients and Methods: This study was
conducted on 40 eyes of 40 patients, 27 of
them were males and 13 female patients.
Preoperative preparation included control of
fasting blood glucose (FBG) to the range of
130-150 mg/d1, and determination of the
percentage of glycosylated hemoglobin (H1310)
in blood. All patients had uncomplicated
phacoemulsification under local peribulbar
anesthesia. The presence of clinical and
angiographic CME was evaluated 45 days
after surgery, using fundus fluorescein
angiography and selected patients underwent
OCT to evaluate the macula. |
