Purpose: To evaluate the rate and onset of intraoperative and postoperative complications post-phacoemulsification.
Methods: One hundred sixty-two eyes of 145 patients with uveitis who underwent phacoemulsification
between 2006 and 2009 were identified through surgical record review. Fifty-nine eyes of 46 patients met
the inclusion criteria. Hazard ratio (HR) and Kaplan-Meier survival probability were calculated for each class
of uveitis. Results: Macular edema (ME) resulted to be associated to chronic postoperative inflammation
(r = 0.6; p = 0.00) and mostly related to patients who presented more than one postoperative relapse/year (r = 0.2;
p = 0.02). Fuchs uveitis resulted to be a risk factor for posterior capsule opacification (PCO) (HR 3.36
IC95%1.0-10.5; p = 0.03). Hypotony and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) were detected in the anterior uveitis
group (0.02 EY). Conclusion: The HR to develop ME was significantly related to chronic anterior uveitis. PCO
and elevated IOP are
