Sporadic zonular cataract found by scleral penetration

Cataract Surgery Eyes with Zonular Weakness

IOP PXF is the most common identifiable cause of openangle glaucoma (OAG).2 Roughly 20% of cases of this disease are associated with PXF, and approximately 30% to 50% of patients with PXF develop glaucoma. Surgeons have come to recognize that uncomplicated phacoemulsification has a beneficial effect on IOP in eyes with OAG, and this effect extends to eyes with PXF. In a series of more than 1,00...

Cataract Surgery Eyes with Zonular Weakness

D uring the last decade, the intraoperative use of various devices—including those for the shortand long-term support of the pupil, capsule, and zonules—has revolutionized the treatment of eyes with zonular laxity or focal zonular absence. Intraoperatively, surgeons use both temporary and permanent implantable devices as well as ophthalmic viscosurgical devices (OVDs). The combination of these ...

Corneo-scleral Suture in Cataract Extraction.

To the Editors of THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. SIRs,-I have read with interest Mr. Affieck Greeves' letter in the correspondence section of the July number criticising the corneoscleral suture in cataract extraction. (See Brit. Ji. of Ophthal., May, 1938.) I agree with his preference for a conjunctival stitch on the grounds that a more liberal conjunctival flap is obtainable by this me...

A case of familial dwarfism, with choroideremia, myopia, posterior polar cataract, and zonular cataract.

Preserved scleral patch graft for unexpected extreme scleral thinning found at the scleral buckling procedure: A case report

Pre-existing scleral pathology is an important risk factor for globe rupture during scleral buckling procedures. We report here, the surgical management of an unexpected scleral pathology found at the scleral buckling procedure in a retinal detachment patient. A 77-year-old white female with retinal detachment underwent a scleral buckling procedure. The surgery was converted into a scleral graf...