The capsule of the crystalline lens, if sufficiently present, is used as a support tissue for intraocular lens (IOL) implantation surgery performed on vitrectomized eyes. Eye trauma or iatrogenic damage during complicated cataract surgery, loss of position and zonule connections of the crystalline lens, and IOL via dislocation may cause loss of support tissue for lens capsule implantation prior...

Background/Aim Approaching art from the standpoint of optics and the artist’s eye pathology can sometimes explain the shift of the spectral colors in the work of some artists with cataract and aphakia. This may not be obvious in the paintings of other artists with the same eye pathology. The aim of this study was to create a timeline from the recently obtained details of the cataract surgery, h...

We retrospectively evaluated the clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of 20 pseudophakic retinal detachment (RD) patients (20 eyes) and 17 aphakic RD patients (17 eyes). Males were predominated in both groups. The time interval between cataract extraction and RD was 31 months on average in the pseudophakic group, 32 months with intact posterior capsule and 27 months with ruptured post...

Purpose. To evaluate the short-term postoperative outcomes in endoscopic-assisted sclera fixation intraocular lens (IOL) for the management of secondary aphakia in children. Methods. This is a prospective study, whereas 40 aphakic eyes with absence of a good capsular support were implanted by endoscopy-assisted sclera fixation technique. Results. No major intraoperative complications were recor...

The aetiology of retinal detachment after lens extraction requires analysis to determine common factors. According to Treister (I972) an increased incidence is due to the use of chymotrypsin. Shapland (I934) quotes an overall incidence of 2z2 per cent using the extracapsular technique. He thought it to be higher in myopic aphakia but he gave no figures. Hyams, Bialik, and Neumann (I975) give an...

BACKGROUND Paediatric aphakic glaucoma presents months or years after cataract surgery in children and is a major long term complication. The results of surgical treatment are poor and many children require multiple and repeat procedures with poor visual outcomes. METHODS 13 children (19 eyes) had Ahmed valve implantation surgery, nine of the children had previous procedures such as cycloabla...

INTRODUCTION This study evaluated the usefulness of rigid endoscopy placed on the corneal surface to observe the peripheral retina. METHODS The authors studied 15 eyes in 15 patients (12 men, 3 women; mean age 55.9 years; range 22-74 years) that underwent vitreous surgery at the Department of Ophthalmology at Saga University Hospital. With patients in a supine position, after topical anesthes...

AIM To evaluate the outcome of cataract surgery in the population of Bangladesh. METHODS Data were collected by the National Blindness and Low Vision Prevalence Survey of Bangladesh, a cross sectional, nationally representative sample (12 782 subjects) of the population aged >or=30 years. An interview recorded socioeconomic data. Each subject was tested for logMAR visual acuity (VA) of each e...

Suprachoroidal hemorrhage is a rare complication of ophthalmic surgery in general and of glaucoma filtration procedures in particular. We present herein two cases of suprachoroidal hemorrhage in aphakic patients after simultaneous implantation of an Ex-Press miniature glaucoma device and an intraocular lens. Although a rare complication, we have now seen two cases develop in previously aphakic ...