Tomografia de coerência óptica em pacientes submetidos à facectomia

The Brazilian Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ABCCR/BRASCS) chose to present an update on this topic because they currently consider optical coherence tomography (OCT) as an essential resource for the preoperative and postoperative evaluation of patients undergoing elective cataract surgery. In this review, the authors emphasize the important role of OCT in cases in which the expected improvement in visual acuity was not achieved or in the follow-up of patients with age-related macular degeneration and diabetes mellitus because of the possibility of worsening of the macular condition.