Estudo caso-controle de paquimetria corneana central em indivíduos com catarata congênita e afacia pós-cirúrgica / Central corneal thickness in individuals with congenital cataract and surgical aphakia : a case-control study

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2010

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This study aimed to measure the central corneal thickness (CCT) of patients with congenital cataract and surgical aphakia post congenital cataract extraction. Individuals with congenital cataract or aphakia after surgery for congenital cataract were recruited prospectively and divided into four groups: unilateral cataract (n=14), bilateral cataracts (n=18), unilateral aphakia (n=32) and bilateral aphakia (n=44). A control group was selected from healthy individuals matched for age, gender and ethnicity. Ultrasonic pachymetry was performed by the same observer with the Micropach 200P+ pachymeter (Sonomed, Lake Success, New York, USA) after topical anesthesia with a drop of oxybuprocaine 0.4%. The average of five measurements for each eye was recorded for the analysis. The mean CCT of the control group (513.57±23.32µm) was not significantly different from the contralateral normal eyes (526.36±38.52µm) (p=0.747) and eyes with cataract (527.00±36.03µm) (p=0.252) of the unilateral cataract group. The mean CCTs of both eyes in the bilateral cataract group (right eye: 547.69±34.17µm; left eye: 545.88 ± 36.69µm) were significantly thicker than the observed in the control group (right eye: 516.06±18.66µm; left eye: 515.53±17.43µm) (p<0.01). The mean CCT of aphakic eyes (597.25±44.14µm) in the unilateral aphakia group was significantly thicker than those observed in healthy contralateral eyes (523.47±21.42µm) and the control group (511.81±18.81µm) (p<0.001). Both eyes of the bilateral aphakia group had mean CCT (right eye: 615.75±61.03µm; left eye: 618.91±61.86µm) significantly thicker than the control group (right eye: 515.59±18.80µm; left eye: 515.86±18.51µm) (p<0.001). The mean CCT was significantly thicker in aphakic eyes (unilateral and bilateral) than in eyes with cataract (unilateral and bilateral) (p<0.001). Aphakic eyes after congenital cataract extraction have thicker corneas than normal phakic eyes and eyes with congenital cataract. This suggests that increased central corneal thickness occurs after congenital cataract extraction surgery

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glaucoma tonometria ocular catarata em crianças córnea glaucoma infantile cataract cornea ocular tonometry

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