Latanoprost and cystoid macular oedema in a pseudophake

The patient continued on betaxolol to the left eye but inadequate intraocular pressure control made further filtering surgery necessary. comment This eye had undergone retinal detachment repairs including scleral buckling, cryotherapy, vitrectomy, and then phacoemulsification and lens implantation. Six aphakic cynomolgous monkeys given seven times the usual daily dose for 6 months failed to develop cystoid macular oedema. 5 However, intravitreal injections of PGF-2α to pigmented rabbits showed a small but statistically significant leak by vitreous fluorophotometry. 6 Animal work needs to be interpreted circumspectly, particularly regarding the rabbit which shows an atypical response to inflammation. 7 These experimental results suggest that aphakic or pseudophakic primates do not normally develop cystoid macular oedema in response to prostaglandins.