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Tilt, decentration not affected by phaco procedure choice

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Tilt and decentration of IOLs are not affected when surgeons perform phacotrabeculectomy on eyes with primary open-angle glaucoma compared with phacoemulsification surgery, according to a study.

Fatih Mehmet Mutlu and colleagues at the Gulhane Military Medical Academy and Medical School in Ankara, Turkey, divided 106 eyes with cataracts into two groups. The first comprised 42 eyes undergoing phacotrabeculectomy for cataract and primary POAG, and the second group comprised 64 eyes undergoing phaco for senile cataract. The length of IOL decentration and the angle of IOL tilt were quantified.

The differences in IOL tilt and decentration were insignificant between groups, the researchers said.

The study is published in the January issue of Ophthalmologica.