{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,9]],"date-time":"2026-05-09T10:09:53Z","timestamp":1778321393207,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences","issue":"4","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Pak J Med Sci"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Objectives: To study the effect of Phacoemulsification on Sub Foveal Choroidal Thickness (SFCT) and Central Macular Thickness (CMT) as measured by Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).\r\nMethods: This experimental study was conducted at Armed Forces Institute of Ophthalmology (AFIO), Rawalpindi from April 2021 to February 2022. One hundred eyes of 100 patients with age related cataract underwent uneventful phacoemulsification surgery. Pre-operative SFCT and CMT was measured and compared with SFCT and CMT at one week, one month and three months after surgery using swept source OCT.\r\nResults: Mean age of study population was 56.76\u00b18.31 years. Out of 100 patients, 46 (46%) were males and 54 (54%) were females. Mean pre-operative CMT, one week, one month and three months post-operative CMT was 233.95\u00b19.46 \u00b5m, 232.88\u00b18.59 \u00b5m, 230.38\u00b110.62 \u00b5m and 230.67\u00b17.55 \u00b5m respectively. Mean pre-operative SFCT, one week, one month and three months post-operative SFCT was 337.14\u00b18.41 \u00b5m, 339.14\u00b19.63 \u00b5m, 339.39\u00b111.96 \u00b5m and 351.39\u00b19.19 \u00b5m respectively. The difference of mean change in CMT from baseline at one week, one month and three months post-operatively was not statistically significant. The difference of mean change in SFCT from baseline at one week and one month post-operatively was not statistically significant. However, the difference of mean change in SFCT from baseline at three months post-operatively was statistically significant (p&lt;0.05).\r\nConclusion: Uneventful phacoemulsification surgery does not have any effect on central macular thickness, however there is a significant increase in subfoveal choroidal thickness at three months after surgery.\r\ndoi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12669\/pjms.39.4.6322\r\nHow to cite this: Ahmed J, Mukhtar A, Mehboob MA, Khan A. Effect of Phacoemulsification on Sub Foveal Choroidal and Central Macular Thickness as measured by Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography. Pak J Med Sci. 2023;39(4):941-944. doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12669\/pjms.39.4.6322\r\nThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.12669\/pjms.39.4.6322","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,27]],"date-time":"2023-05-27T05:32:38Z","timestamp":1685165558000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effect of Phacoemulsification on Sub Foveal Choroidal and Central Macular Thickness as measured by Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography"],"prefix":"10.12669","volume":"39","author":[{"family":"Javeria Ahmed Qureshi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"family":"Ahsan Mukhtar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mohammad Asim","family":"Mehboob","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"family":"Asfandyar Khan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"4935","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,13]]},"container-title":["Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/download\/6322\/1788","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/download\/6322\/1788","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,9]],"date-time":"2026-05-09T09:34:11Z","timestamp":1778319251000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/view\/6322"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,13]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,12]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12669\/pjms.39.4.6322","relation":{},"ISSN":["1681-715X","1682-024X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1681-715X","type":"electronic"},{"value":"1682-024X","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,13]]}}}