Clinical evaluation of AMVISC(R) as a Vicodlastic Substance in Extracapsular Cataract Extraction with Intracoular lens Implantation.

Kahng, Seung Koo; Kim, Man Soo; Kim, Jae Ho

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1989;30(2):185-193.
Published online February 1, 1989.

Clinical evaluation of AMVISC(R) as a Vicodlastic Substance in Extracapsular Cataract Extraction with Intracoular lens Implantation.

Seung Koo Kahng, Man Soo Kim, Jae Ho Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University, Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

인공수정체 삽입술에 있어서 점탄성물질인 AMVISC(R) 의 효용성

김재호(Jae Ho Kim),강승구(Seung Koo Kahng),김만수(Man Soo Kim)

Abstract

The effects of AMVISC(R) and Healon(R) in patients undergoing extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation were compared to the operative efficiency and postoperative reactions namely, inflammation, intraocular pressure, corneal endothelial damage, and corneal thickness. During the course of the cataract operations, twenty eyes received AMVISC(R) and twenty eyes received Healon(R). The AMVISC(R) and Healon(R) were all aspirated from anterior and posterior cha mbers by means of the irrigation and aspiration system at the end of the procedure. There were no significant difference in operative efficacy and postoperative reactions between AMVISC(R) group and Healon(R) group.

Key Words: AMVISC(R);Healon(R);operative efficacy;inflammation;intraocular pressure;corneal endothelial damage;corneal thickness