Visual Acuity of Patients after Neodymium:Yttrium-Aluminium-Garnet Laser at Cicendo Eye Hospital in 2013-2014
Abstract: Indonesia ranks the
second highest in blindness worldwide. One of the factors that may cause
blindness is posterior capsule opacification (PCO), a secondary cataract that
developed after cataract surgery. PCO eventually leads to visual impairment.
The common management for PCO is neodymium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet (Nd:YAG)
laser posterior capsulotomy. It is an effective, non-invasive, and painless
procedure. The aim of this study was to describe the visual acuity of PCO
patients after Nd: YAG laser posterior capsulotomy.
Methods: A descriptive study was conducted based on simple randomized
secondary data from Cicendo Eye Hospital, Bandung from January 2013 to August
2014.
Results: Out of 102 patients, 53 patients (51.96%) were male and 49
(48.04%) were females. The male to female ratio was 1:1. The maximum number of
patients was at age group of 60−69 years (33.33%). Sixty−nine patients (67.65%)
presented mild or no visual impairment uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA)
post-laser. Eighty-nine patients (87.25%) presented mild or no visual
impairment best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) post-laser. Generally, 94
patients (92.16%) showed improvement of visual acuity after Nd:YAG laser
posterior capsulotomy. Three patients (2.49%) were suffering from blindness
UCVA post-laser and 1 patient (0.98%) falls at blindness BCVA post-laser
respectively.
Conclusions: Improvement of visual acuity is achieved after Nd:YAG laser
posterior capsulotomy in PCO patients.
Author: Lee Pei Yie, Budiman, Ihrul Prianza Prajitno
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg160103
