2M.D. Asistant Professor, Bozok University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Yozgat/TURKEY
3M.D., Bozok University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Yozgat/TURKEY Purpose: To evaluate the contribution of preloaded intraocular lenses (IOL) to phacoemulsification surgery times.
Material and Methods: In this prospective comparative study, Physiol IOLs with preloaded system in 20 patients of group 1 and Acriva IOLs with manual cartridge-injector system in 20 patients of group 2 were implanted. The period from the beginning to the IOL implantation stage was recorded in groups as A1 and A2 respectively. Afterwards from that time to the end of the surgery were also determined as B1 and B2 based on real time video recordings. Mean total operation times were determined as C1 and C2 by summing up these times.
Results: While A1 and A2 were compatible with each other (p=0.787), avarage B1 time, including IOL implantation stage, was 193.3±20.6 sec and B2 was 212.9±49.1 sec (p=0.448). C1 and C2 showing mean total operation times were 625.7±99.8 sec and 654.7±184.8 sec (p=0.833) respectively.
Conclusion: When compared with the manual loaded cartridge-injector IOL systems, preloaded IOLs reduced the operation time, whereas this reduction was not statistically significant.
Keywords : Cataract surgery, preloaded intraocular lens injector systems