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. 2020 Oct 29;10(1):51–61. doi: 10.1007/s40123-020-00319-w
Why carry out this study?
Pseudoexfoliation syndrome is the most common cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma and is associated with increased risk of cataract surgery complications.
Pseudoexfoliation syndrome is known to be a bilateral disease despite the presence of clinically apparent unilateral cases.
This study aimed to assess the frequency of pseudoexfoliation in a large number of patients attending a university teaching hospital and to describe its association with glaucoma and cataract surgery complications.
What was learned from the study?
Glaucoma was present in nearly one fourth of patients with pseudoexfoliation. Cataract surgery complications did not differ between eyes with pseudoexfoliation and clinically no pseudoexfoliation.
Surgeons need to be aware of the potentially increased risk of intraoperative complications in eyes with pseudoexfoliation as well as fellow eyes clinically labeled as normal eyes in patients with clinically unilateral pseudoexfoliation.