{"id":86373,"date":"2026-04-29T05:28:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/uveitis-attack-history-may-predict-cataract-surgery-outcomes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T05:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:28:25","slug":"uveitis-attack-history-may-predict-cataract-surgery-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/uveitis-attack-history-may-predict-cataract-surgery-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Uveitis attack history may predict cataract surgery outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"ArticleContent\">\n<div class=\"article__below-title\">\n<div class=\" article__posted-date\">\n<p>April 28, 2026<\/p>\n<p>1 min read<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mobile-trust-box\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-5 d-xl-none\">\n<div class=\"trust-box\">\n<div class=\"trust-box-logo d-none d-md-block\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/h5\/feature\/news\/publogos\/pcon.svg?la=en&amp;h=28&amp;w=180&amp;hash=9F02AF9127CF86DF7E84A3BCB257547E\" class=\"logo-img\" height=\"28\" alt=\"primary care optometry news logo\" width=\"180\"\/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 offset-md-1 offset-xl-0 col-xl-12\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-button-wrapper d-none\" data-component=\"EmailTopicAlert\" data-module=\"Subspecialty Email Topic Alerts Top\" data-manage-email-link=\"\/footer\/account-information\/my-account\/email-subscriptions-and-alerts#emailAlerts\">\n  <hidden data-setting-item=\"d265901d-6d37-49c7-a8f6-c7bf19a02509\"\/><br \/>\n  <hidden data-crm-source=\"Subspecialty Topic Alert\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-button d-none\" data-topic-button=\"not-subscribed\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n      <span data-module-track-action=\"Email Alerts TOP_Click_Healio News Article\" data-module-track-label=\"Email Alerts TOP_Healio News Article\">&#13;<br \/>\n        <i class=\"fas fa-plus-circle\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n        Add topic to email alerts&#13;<br \/>\n      <\/span>&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-inner collapse u744e3b1021db412c96d6983441da2f84\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-dialogue\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n          Receive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>&#13;\n        <\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-sign-up-type=\"unknown\">\n          Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>      <button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" data-loading-text=\"Loading &lt;i class=\" fa=\"\" fa-spinner=\"\" fa-spin=\"\">&#8220;&#13;<br \/>\n              data-action=&#8221;subscribe&#8221;&gt;&#13;<br \/>\n        Subscribe&#13;<br \/>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-topic-modal=\"failed\">    <strong>We were unable to process your request. 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The surgeries were performed by a single surgeon at Uak Training and Research Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>According to the results, each additional uveitis attack in a patient\u2019s history was associated with a 1.29-day increase in the duration of their postoperative corticosteroid treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The finding points to \u201cthe cumulative inflammatory burden on eye tissues\u201d and supports \u201cthe idea that inflammatory memory in ocular tissues influences recovery after surgery,\u201d Baytarolu and colleagues wrote. <\/p>\n<p>Uveitis attack count was also \u201cmoderately negatively correlated\u201d with best corrected visual acuity after surgery. 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