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. 2021 Jul 14;84(5):425-429.
doi: 10.5935/0004-2749.20210066. eCollection 2021.

Assessment of short-term intraocular pressure parameters in phakic and pseudophakic patients with primary open-angle glaucoma

Adriana Sobral Lourenço  1 , Candice Cristina Quirino de Araújo  2 , Procópio Miguel Dos Santos  2 , Tiago S Prata  3   4   5 , Nara Lidia Vieira Lopes  3   6 , Regina Cândido Ribeiro Dos Santos  2 , Carolina P B Gracitelli  3   7   8 , Nubia Vanessa Lima de Faria  3   6
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Assessment of short-term intraocular pressure parameters in phakic and pseudophakic patients with primary open-angle glaucoma

Adriana Sobral Lourenço et al. Arq Bras Oftalmol. .

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

Purpose: To investigate intraocular pressure peaks in phakic and pseudophakic patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.

Method: Overall, 40 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma were assessed. Of these, 20 patients were phakic and 20 pseudophakic. One eye (randomly selected) was included in the study. All patients underwent the intraocular pressure curves test, followed by the water-drinking test.

Results: A statistically significant difference was observed between the phakic and pseudophakic patients regarding the mean of the peaks in the intraocular pressure curves (p=0.045). A statistically significant intergroup difference was noted regarding the intraocular pressure peaks in the water-drinking test, with higher values observed in the phakic patients (p 0.004).

Conclusion: The intraocular pressure peaks in the water-drinking test and intraocular pressure curves were higher in the phakic group than in the pseudophakic group.

Objetivo: Investigar picos de pressão intraocular em pacientes fácicos e pseudofácicos com glaucoma primário de ângulo aberto no teste de sobrecarga hídrica.

Método: Quarenta pacientes com glaucoma primário de ângulo aberto foram avaliados; vinte eram fácicos e vinte eram pseudofácicos. Um olho (selecionado aleatoriamente) foi incluído no estudo, todos os pacientes foram submetidos às curvas da pressão intraocular imediatamente após o teste de sobrecarga hídrica.

Resultados: Observou-se uma diferença estatisticamente significante na média dos picos nas curvas da pressão intraocular para os pacientes fácicos e pseudofácicos (p=0,045). Houve diferença estatisticamente significante nos picos da pressão intraocular no teste de sobrecarga hídrica entre os grupos, sendo observados valores mais altos nos pacientes fácicos (p=0,004).

Conclusão: Os picos da pressão intraocular no teste de sobrecarga hídrica foram maiores no grupo fácico que no grupo pseudofácico.

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Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest: None of the authors have any potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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