Manual nucleofragmentation and endothelial cell loss
- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
- Vol. 23 (7), 995-999
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0886-3350(97)80070-3
Abstract
Purpose: To compare corneal endothelial cell loss with two cataract surgery techniques: manual nucleofragmentation performed with the Keener nucleus divider and planned extracapsular extraction. Setting: Department of Ophthalmology "Memorial Cristóbal Garrigosa," Hospital de I'Esperaça, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Methods: Contact specular microscopy was performed before and 8 weeks after surgery in 51 patients who had been prospectively randomized into 2 groups: 26 patients had manual nucleofragmentation (NF) with the Keener divider and 25, planned extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE). The analyzed parameters were preoperative and postoperative endothelial cell density and variations in cell size (polymegethism) and cell shape (pleomorphism). The results were compared and statistically analyzed. Results: The mean percentage of endothelial cell loss in the NF group was 11.08% and in the ECCE group, 9.86%. This difference was not statistically significant. Postoperative variation in cell shape and size did not differ significantly between the two groups and was fairly constant. Conclusion: The percentage of endothelial cell loss that occurred with manual NF using the Keener nucleus divider was similar to the one that occurs with other cataract surgery techniques. The small variation detected in postoperative endothelial morphology suggests that this endothelial cell population is stable.Keywords
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