Resultados de la cirugía de cataratas por la técnica de facoemulsificación con quick chop / Results of cataract surgery using quick chop phacoemulsification

RESUMEN

La catarata, en la mayoría de los casos, se considera una causa remediable de disminución de agudeza visual. A través del tiempo se han conseguido mejoras tecnológicas que hacen que la cirugía de catarata sea relativamente fácil, segura y la rehabilitación visual usualmente exitosa sobre todo cuando esta se acompaña de implante de lente intraocular. Varias alternativas para dividir el núcleo del cristalino surgieron desde entonces, pero pocas son realmente necesarias. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo describir los resultados funcionales y anatómicos alcanzados con la técnica de facoemulsificación con quick chop, las edades de los pacientes, la agudeza visual corregida preoperatoria y posoperatoria, el astigmatismo preoperatorio y posoperatorio, la microscopia endotelial preoperatorio y posoperatoria, el tiempo de ultrasonido aplicado y las complicaciones presentadas. Realizamos un estudio descriptivo, prospectivo, de corte transversal, en 146 pacientes (ojos) operados entre enero de 2004 y enero de 2006 en el Centro de Microcirugía Ocular del Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramón Pando Ferrer El universo de trabajo lo constituyeron todos los pacientes con diagnóstico de catarata presenil y senil que cumplían con los criterios de selección y que aceptaron someterse a la técnica quirúrgica señalada. Con el fin de evaluar la eficacia de la técnica, se analizaron como variables: edad, sexo, agudeza visual con corrección (AVCC), y cilindro refractivo, así como microscopia endotelial, tiempo de ultrasonido, y complicaciones más frecuentes...

ABSTRACT

Cataract is mostly considered a remediable cause of visual acuity reduction. In the course of time, technical improvements have been implemented to make cataract surgery relatively easy and safe, and to support successful visual rehabilitation mainly when intraocular lens implant is added. Since then, a number of alternatives for dividing the crystalline nucleus emerged, but few are really necessary. This paper was aimed at describing the functional and anatomic results of quick chop phacoemulsification, the age of patients, preoperative and postoperative corrected visual acuity, preoperative and postoperative astigmatism, preoperative and postoperative microscopy, ultrasound time and complications. A prospective, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in 146 patients (eyes) operated on from January 2004 to January 2006 at the Center of Eye Microsurgery of Ramon Pando Ferrer Cuban Ophthalmologic Institute. The universe of study was all the patients diagnosed with pre-senile and senile cataract, who also met the selection criteria and accepted to be operated on by this technique. With the objective of evaluating the technique effectiveness, the following variables were analyzed: age, sex, corrected visual acuity and refractive cylinder, endothelial microscopy, ultrasound time and most frequent complications. These data were studied through contingency tables using absolute and relative frequencies and medians. Student’s t test served to compare them. It was found that cataract predominated in males over 60 years of age; average corrected visual acuity was better after surgery, the refractive cylinder barely changed, the ultrasound time of application was within the normal range and depending on the core hardness, the loss of endothelial cells was neglectable and the most frequent surgical complication was capsular rupture.