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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2015  |  Volume : 63  |  Issue : 8  |  Page : 641-644

Effect of fluidics on corneal endothelial cell density, central corneal thickness, and central macular thickness after phacoemulsification with torsional ultrasound


1 Department of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Narayana Nethralaya Super Specialty Eye Hospital, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, India
2 Department of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Narayana Nethralaya Super Specialty Eye Hospital, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru; Lopamudra Medical Centre, Athur, Kodagu, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Narayana Nethralaya Super Specialty Eye Hospital, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, India

Correspondence Address:
Soumya Ganesh Nanaiah
Lopamudra Medical Centre, Athur, Gonicoppa, Kodagu - 571 215, Karnataka
India
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.169786

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Aim: To study the relative effects of high and low fluidic parameters on endothelial cell density (ECD), central corneal thickness (CCT), and central macular thickness (CMT) after phacoemulsification with torsional ultrasound. Settings and Design: Prospective, randomized clinical trial based on a tertiary eye hospital. Subjects and Methods: The study included 65 patients in each group. Patients were randomized to either the high or the low flow group using a computerized random number table. The study was patient and examiner masked. All patients underwent phacoemulsification with torsional ultrasound. Visual acuity, ECD, CCT, and CMT were measured for all patients preoperatively at 2 weeks and 6 weeks postoperatively. Statistical Analysis Used: The Shapiro–Wilks test was used to assess the normality of the data. Mann–Whitney U-test with the P value set at 0.05 was used to compare the two groups. Results: Cumulative dissipated energy was significantly higher in the low flow group (16.44 ± 9.07 vs. 11.74 ± 6.68; P = 0.002). No statistically significant difference was noted between the two groups in the ECD, CCT, CMT, or corrected distance visual acuity at the end of 6 weeks. Conclusions: No significant difference was noted in the postoperative outcome between high and low flow groups. Parameters can be modified to suit the surgeon's preference, as both high and low flow parameters were found to have comparable postoperative outcomes.


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