Clinical observation of phacoemulsification in cataract patients with abnormal corneal endothelial cell morphology

AIM: To observe the safety and effect of cataract extraction combined with intraocular lens(IOL)implantation surgery in patients with abnormal morphology of corneal endothelium. METHODS: We collected 72(90 eyes)age related cataract patients with abnormal morphology of corneal endothelium and 120(158 eyes)patients with normal morphology of corneal endothelium from January 2018 to January 2020 in our hospital. All of them measured corneal endothelial cell density(CD)>2 000cell/mm2 and underwent phacoemulsification combined with IOL implantation. CD, coefficient of variation(CV), frequency of hexagonal cells(HEX), central corneal thickness(CT)were recorded at 1wk, 1, 3mo postoperatively and compared in each group.RESULTS:There were significant differences in endothelial CD, CV, HEX and CT between the two groups 1wk and 1mo postoperative, while there were significant differences in CD and HEX between the two groups after 3mo, but there were no significant differences in CV and CT.CONCLUSION: Endothelial damage after phacoemulsification in abnormal morphology of corneal endothelium group is comparable to that in control group, and we should pay more attention to the examination of corneal endothelium, especially the corneal endothelial cells morphology before operation and protect it during operation