RODRIGO FRANCA DE ESPINDOLA
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Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/33 - Laboratório de Oftalmologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/33 - Laboratório de Oftalmologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Cataract surgery: emotional reactions of patients with monocular versus binocular vision(2012) MARBACK, Roberta Ferrari; ESPINDOLA, Rodrigo Franca de; SANTHIAGO, Marcony Rodrigues de; TEMPORINI, Edmea Rita; KARA-JUNIOR, NewtonPurpose: To analyze emotional reactions related to cataract surgery in two groups of patients (monocular vision - Group 1; binocular vision - Group 2). Methods: A transversal comparative study was performed using a structured questionnaire from a previous exploratory study before cataract surgery. Results: 206 patients were enrolled in the study, 96 individuals in Group 1 (69.3 +/- 10.4 years) and 110 in Group 2 (68.2 +/- 10.2 years). Most patients in group 1 (40.6%) and 22.7% of group 2, reported fear of surgery (p<0.001). The most important causes of fear were: possibility of blindness, ocular complications and death during surgery. The most prevalent feelings among the groups were doubts about good results and nervousness. Conclusion: Patients with monocular vision reported more fear and doubts related to surgical outcomes. Thus, it is necessary that phisycians considers such emotional reactions and invest more time than usual explaining the risks and the benefits of cataract surgery.
- Visual Performance of an Apodized Diffractive Multifocal Intraocular Lens With+3.00-D Addition: 1-year Follow-up(2011) SANTHIAGO, Marcony R.; WILSON, Steven E.; NETTO, Marcelo V.; ESPINDOLA, Rodrigo F.; SHAH, Ravindra A.; GHANEM, Ramon C.; BECHARA, Samir J.; KARA-JUNIOR, NewtonPURPOSE: To determine whether implantation of a multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) with a lower addition (+3.00 diopters [D]) at the lens plane results in better intermediate visual acuity 1 year after surgery compared with a multifocal IOL with higher addition (+4.00 D). METHODS: This prospective, randomized, double-masked study included 80 eyes from 40 patients. Twenty patients were implanted bilaterally with the ReSTOR +3.00-D add IOL and 20 patients were implanted bilaterally with the ReSTOR +4.00-D add IOL. Primary outcome measures were distance, intermediate, and near visual acuity. Secondary outcomes were defocus curves, best reading distance, mesopic and photopic contrast sensitivity, quality of life, and spectacle independence. Monocular and binocular visual acuity were measured as uncorrected and corrected distance visual acuity at 4 m, uncorrected near and distance-corrected near visual acuity at 40 cm, and uncorrected intermediate visual acuity and distance-corrected intermediate visual acuity at 50, 60, and 70 cm. RESULTS: Twelve months postoperatively, no statistically significant difference between groups in distance and near visual acuity was noted. The ReSTOR +3.00-D add group performed better than the ReSTOR +4.00-D add group at all intermediate distances studied. The ReSTOR +4.00-D group chose a reading distance 8 cm closer than the +3.00-D group. Both groups performed similarly with respect to contrast sensitivity, quality of life, and spectacle independence rates. CONCLUSIONS: Patients implanted with a multifocal IOL with lower addition (ReSTOR +3.00 D) had better performance at intermediate distances compared with the ReSTOR +4.00-D add IOL with similar performance for distance and near visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and quality of life. [J Refract Surg. 2011;27(12):899-906.] doi:10.3928/1081597X-20110816-01
- Effects of blue light-filtering intraocular lenses on the macula, contrast sensitivity, and color vision after a long-term follow-up(2011) KARA-JUNIOR, Newton; ESPINDOLA, Rodrigo F.; GOMES, Beatriz A. F.; VENTURA, Bruna; SMADJA, David; SANTHIAGO, Marcony R.PURPOSE: To evaluate the possible side effects and potential protection 5 years after implantation of an intraocular lens (IOL) with a blue-light filter (yellow tinted). SETTING: Ophthalmology Department, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. DESIGN: Prospective randomized clinical study. METHODS: Patients with bilateral visually significant cataract randomly received an ultraviolet (UV) and blue light filtering IOL (Acrysof Natural SN60AT) in 1 eye and an acrylic UV light filtering only IOL (Acrysof SA60AT) in the fellow eye. The primary outcome measures were contrast sensitivity, color vision, and macular findings 5 years after surgery. RESULTS: The study enrolled 60 eyes of 30 patients. There were no significant clinical or optical coherence tomography findings in terms of age-related macular degeneration in any eye. There were no statistically significant differences in central macular thickness between the 2 IOL groups (P=.712). There were also no significant between-group differences under photopic or scotopic conditions at any spatial frequency studied. No statistically significant differences in the color discrimination test were found between the 2 IOL groups (P=.674). CONCLUSIONS: After 5 years, there were no significant differences in color perception, scotopic contrast sensitivity, or photopic contrast sensitivity between the blue light filtering (yellow-tinted) IOL and the IOL with a UV-light filter only (untinted). The potential advantage of the tinted IOL in providing protection to macular cells remains unclear.