1. THICKENING AND MULTILAMELLAR APPEARANCE OF THE ANTERIOR LENS CAPSULE AND RELATED FACTORS
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Kazuo Tsutsui, Yosmaki Nawa, Sachiko Uemura, Mitsuo Tsukamoto, Toshio Shimizu, Masaya Kominami, and Yoshiaki Hara
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cataract surgery ,multilamellar appearance ,anterior lens capsule - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate which factors (including age, sex, grade of cataract, diabetes mellitus (DM), pseudoexfoliation, glaucoma, and atopy) are correlated with thickening and/or multilamellar appearance of the anterior lens capsule. Seventy-two anterior lens capsules were obtained during cataract surgeries. They were fixed, embedded in paraffin, and stained with Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) and Masson-Trichrome. We measured thickness of the anterior capsules on microscopic photographs. In addition, multilamellar appearance of the anterior capsules was graded by an experienced ophthalmic pathologist and scored (0-3.0). By multiple regression analysis we evaluated whether the seven factors described above were correlated with thickness and/or multilamellar appearance of the anterior capsules. Thickness of the anterior capsule was correlated with DM and age (p=O.O095 and p= O.O138, respectively) . Multilamellar score was significantly correlated with age (p
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- 2004