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Başkent Ü.Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı To investigate the place of oral fundus fluorescein angiography to evaluate the cystoid macular edema which occurs after extracapsular cataract extraction.
Twentysix eyes of 24 patients aged between 24-88 who had undergone extracapsular cataract extraction are icluded in this study. In the postoperative 4th-6th weeks, the patients were given 5 ml. 10 % fluorescein in 125 ml. fruit juice orally, after the regular ophthalmological examination. Starting from the 15^th minute, fundus fluorescein angiography images were recorded digitally, every 10 minutes till the 60^th minute.
Although there was clinically significant macular edema in only one patient before the procedure, after the oral fundus fluorescein angioraphy cystoid macular edema in five eyes and in one patient optic disc staining were recorded.
Oral fundus fluorescein angioraphy which does not require injection is an easy and reliable method to assess early diagnosis of cystoid macular edema after cataract extraction and this method can be routinely used. Keywords : Oral fundus fluorescein angiography, extracapsular cataract extraction, cystoid macular edema, cataract complications