Comparison of Two Separate Folding Methods Applied to Intraocular Lenses Used in Cataract Surgery in Terms of Mechanical Damage to the Lens and Causing Complications

Year 2025, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 243 - 250, 30.08.2025

Ayşen Demirel , Seher Yurt

Abstract

Abstract
Aim: In this study, it was aimed to compare the foldable intraocular lenses used in cataract surgeries in terms of mechanical damage to the lens as a result of two separate folding techniques applied by the scrub nurse and the formation of lens-related intraocular surgical complications during surgery.
Methods: It is a comparative observational study. 150 patients (88 men, 62 women) who received surgical indication as a result of senile cataract were included in the study. The X-folding technique was applied to the first group of 75 patients, and the Y-folding technique was applied to the second group of 75 patients. Preoperative and postoperative information about the patient was collected at the end of each surgery. Chi-square test was used for statistical significance between two qualitative variables. Statistical significance was accepted as p <0.05.
Findings: While mechanical damage to the lens was less common in the patient group using the X technique, lens-related intraocular surgical complications were less common in the patient group using the Y technique. The differences between the two techniques were not found to be statistically significant p>0.05.
Results: It can be said that the effects of both lens folding techniques on the mechanical damage of the lens and the formation of lens-related intraocular surgical complications during surgery are similar.

Keywords

Intraocular lens , Implantation , Cataract , Surgery

Ethical Statement

All the authors of this article declare that they have no conflicts of interest. . Ethics Committee approval numbered 2021/80 and written consent from patients were obtained from Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital Clinical Research Ethics Committee for this research. Verbal and written consent was obtained from each participant before the study, and they were asked to fill in the informed consent form, and only the participants who gave consent were included in the study.

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Thanks

We gratefully would like to thank all the patients participating in the research.

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