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Phaco increases retinal detachment risk over long term, study finds
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Eyes that have undergone phacoemulsification have a significantly increased risk of pseudophakic retinal detachment for at least 8 years after surgery, a retrospectively study found.
Gøril Boberg-Ans and colleagues at Copenhagen University Hospital reviewed data from 6,352 eyes that had undergone cataract surgery between 1996 and 1998. They also reviewed data from the Danish Patient Registry up to December 2003 to determine the rate of subsequent pseudophakic retinal detachment surgery.
The researchers found that the 8-year incidence of pseudophakic retinal detachment was 0.93 per eye, 8.77 times higher than the risk for phakic eyes. Men treated for pseudophakic retinal detachment had a slightly higher mortality rate than women, according to the study.
The study is published in the October issue of Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica.