INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE DYNAMICS AFTER
CARBACHOL ADMINISTRATION DURING
CATARACT SURGERY
CRISTINA SAVA1, RALUCA IANCU2*, CĂTĂLINA CORBU2,3
1“Agrippa Ionescu” Emergency Hospital, Bucharest.
2”Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of
Medicine Bucharest
3Clinical Ophtalmology Emergency Hospital Bucharest
* corresponding author: ralucavasile2002@yahoo.com
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Abstract:

Carbachol is one of the two parasympathomimetic agents currently used during cataract surgery when rapid and complete miosis is needed. Since intraocular pressure (IOP) is one variable modified by cataract surgery, we tried to determine how this variable is further influenced by intracameral administration of carbachol at the end of surgery. The present study concluded that carbachol has a lowering effect on IOP in the first 24 hours
after cataract surgery, being responsible for less variations and a more rapid recovery of IOP.

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