Prevention of increased abnormal fundus autofluorescence with blue light-filtering intraocular lenses

Nagai, Hiroyuki; Hirano, Yoshio; Yasukawa, Tsutomu; Morita, Hiroshi; Nozaki, Miho; Wolf-Schnurrbusch, Ute; Wolf, Sebastian; Ogura, Yuichiro (2015). Prevention of increased abnormal fundus autofluorescence with blue light-filtering intraocular lenses. Journal of cataract and refractive surgery, 41(9), pp. 1855-1859. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jcrs.2015.01.017

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PURPOSE

To observe changes in fundus autofluorescence 2 years after implantation of blue light-filtering (yellow-tinted) and ultraviolet light-filtering (colorless) intraocular lenses (IOLs).

SETTING

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

DESIGN

Prospective comparative observational study.

METHODS

Patients were enrolled who had cataract surgery with implantation of a yellow-tinted or colorless IOL and for whom images were obtained on which the fundus autofluorescence was measurable using the Heidelberg Retina Angiogram 2 postoperatively. The fundus autofluorescence in the images was classified into 8 abnormal patterns based on the classification of the International Fundus Autofluorescence Classification Group, The presence of normal fundus autofluorescence, geographic atrophy, and wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) also was recorded. The fundus findings at baseline and 2 years postoperatively were compared.

RESULTS

Fifty-two eyes with a yellow-tinted IOL and 79 eyes with a colorless IOL were included. Abnormal fundus autofluorescence did not develop or increase in the yellow-tinted IOL group; however, progressive abnormal fundus autofluorescence developed or increased in 12 eyes (15.2%) in the colorless IOL group (P = .0016). New drusen, geographic atrophy, and choroidal neovascularization were observed mainly in the colorless IOL group. The incidence of AMD was statistically significantly higher in the colorless IOL group (P = .042).

CONCLUSIONS

Two years after cataract surgery, significant differences were seen in the progression of abnormal fundus autofluorescence between the 2 groups. The incidence of AMD was lower in eyes with a yellow-tinted IOL.

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Ophthalmology

UniBE Contributor:

Wolf, Sebastian (B)

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0886-3350

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Sebastian Wolf

Date Deposited:

04 Nov 2015 10:58

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:49

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.jcrs.2015.01.017

PubMed ID:

26471051

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.72486

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/72486

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