Eyes with pseudoexfoliation syndrome were more likely to demonstrate a hyperopic shift and greater anterior chamber deepening after phacoemulsification compared with eyes without pseudoexfoliation, according to a study.
“Eyes with cataract and pseudoexfoliation behave differently to those with cataract without PEX not only preoperatively (possible poor mydriasis and phacodonesis in PEX) and intraoperatively (higher rate of complications in PEX) but also postoperatively,” study author Eleftherios Anastasopoulos MD, PhD, told Healio/OSN. “Postoperative refraction surprises