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. 2021 Aug 26;10(17):3830.
doi: 10.3390/jcm10173830.

Incidence and Characteristics of Intraocular Lens Dislocation after Phacoemulsification: An Eight-Year, Nationwide, Population-Based Study

Ga-In Lee  1 , Dong Hui Lim  1   2 , Sang Ah Chi  3   4 , Seon Woo Kim  5 , Jisang Han  6 , Dong Wook Shin  7   8 , Tae-Young Chung  1
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Incidence and Characteristics of Intraocular Lens Dislocation after Phacoemulsification: An Eight-Year, Nationwide, Population-Based Study

Ga-In Lee et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

Background: We investigate the incidence and characteristics of IOL dislocation among the pseudophakic population after phacoemulsification.

Methods: National data were collected from the health claims recorded with the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service of South Korea from 2009 to 2016. Pseudophakic patients aged 40 years or older were included. The incidence estimates of phacoemulsification and IOL dislocation were analyzed, and the cumulative probabilities of IOL dislocation among the pseudophakic population and general population were calculated as a proportion.

Results: Of 51,307,821 total subjects, 25,271,917 of whom were aged 40 years or older, 3,906,071 cataract cases in 2,650,104 pseudophakic patients were identified, and 72,309 patients experienced IOL dislocation. The cumulative probability was 2.73% per person and 1.85% per surgery among patients 40 years of age or older. The eight-year incidence rate for IOL dislocation in the pseudophakic population aged 40 years or older was 7671 per 1,000,000 person-years (95% CI: 7616-7727), including 10,341 cases in men and 5814 in women. Incidence peaked in the seventh decade of life for cataract surgery but in the fifth decade of life for IOL dislocation. The cumulative probability of IOL dislocation after phacoemulsification was approximately 2%, and the incidence rate was about 7000 per 1,000,000 pseudophakic patients.

Conclusions: There was a significantly higher incidence of IOL dislocation among young males, even though the higher incidence of cataract surgery was observed among older females. These estimates of the nationwide, population-based incidence of IOL dislocation can help increase understanding of the population vulnerable to IOL dislocation.

Keywords: IOL dislocation; incidence; national data.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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The process of identifying IOL dislocation cases.
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The incidence rate of cataract surgery and IOL dislocation with age distribution: (A) the peak age of incidence was 75 to 79 years in all pseudophakic patients, 75 to 79 years in males, and 70 to 74 years in females; (B) the peak age of incidence for IOL dislocation in the general population was 75 to 79 years, (C) whereas the peak age in the pseudophakic population was 40 to 44 years, including 50 to 54 years in males and 40 to 44 years in females.
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