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Angiographic CME rates similar between phaco, extracap

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The occurrence of clinical cystoid macular edema is significantly lower after uncomplicated phacoemulsification than after extracapsular cataract extraction, but the incidence of angiographic CME is nearly identical between the two techniques, according to Turkish researchers.

Jale Mentes and colleagues studied the incidence and causes of CME in 252 eyes that underwent uncomplicated phaco with continuous curvilinear capsulorrhexis and in-the-bag acrylic IOL implantation. Patients ranged in age from 60 to 82. Both clinical and angiographic cystoid macular edema (CME) were evaluated 45 days postoperatively.

Clinical CME was not detected in any eye; angiographic CME was detected in 23 cases (9.1%). No significant differences between the CME-positive or CME-negative groups was found.

The study is published in Ophthalmologica.