Cystoid Macular Oedema After Flanged Intraocular Lens Scleral Fixation Using the Yamane Technique: a Multicentre Cohort Study

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2025 Jan 4

PMID 39755919

Authors

Hiroto Ishikawa

Kazutaka Uchida

Hiroto Terasaki

Taiji Sakamoto

Masashi Kakinoki

Masahito Ohji

Tatsuya Jujo

Hitoshi Takagi

Yoshinori Mitamura

Yutaka Yamada

Yoshihiro Takamura

Masahiko Sugimoto

Mineo Kondo

Shigeo Yoshida

Hisashi Fukuyama

Fumi Gomi

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Abstract

This retrospective observational multicentre cohort study compared the rate of postoperative cystoid macular oedema (CME) between two intraocular lens (IOL) scleral fixation (SFIOL) techniques: a flanged IOL fixation technique (Yamane technique) and a suture IOL transscleral fixation technique (conventional technique). The study included 207 eyes with postoperative CME that had undergone SFIOL and were observed for > 12 weeks between January 2019 and January 2021. The primary endpoint was a comparison of the rate of postoperative CME at 3 months between groups. Secondary endpoints were a comparison of postoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) at 3 months between groups and an analysis of characteristics associated with postoperative CME in the Yamane technique group. The Yamane technique group developed postoperative CME in 13.0% of eyes at 3 months, compared with 1.9% in the conventional technique group (odds ratio: 7.99, P = 0.045). Postoperative BCVA was consistently significantly higher in the Yamane technique group. Although many retinal surgeons have performed the Yamane technique because of its convenience for SFIOL, our findings suggest that the Yamane technique carries an increased risk of postoperative CME compared with the conventional suture method. Therefore, careful management of postoperative CME is needed after SFIOL.

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