PURPOSE To determine the clinical outcomes of simultaneous penetrating keratoplasty (PK), cataract removal and intraocular lens implantation (triple procedure), and to compare the safety and efficacy of two different cataract extraction techniques during the course of PK. METHODS This retrospective comparative study was conducted on patients who had undergone a triple procedure. The technique...

A randomised single blinded clinical trial to compare the cost of cataract surgery between extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) and phacoemulsification (PEA) was conducted at Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) between March and December 2000. A total of 60 patients were included in this study. The cost of a cataract surgery incurred by hospital, patients and households up to two...

PURPOSE To evaluate the results of cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in patients with Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI). METHODS We studied the records of 35 patients with FHI who underwent cataract extraction. Extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) was performed by phacoemulsification through a scleral flap in 9 patients and by manual deli...

AIMS Intraocular lens (IOP) implantation in sub-Saharan Africa is not the routine procedure of choice in the treatment of cataract. Previous series consist of small numbers of selected patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate routine posterior chamber lens implantation in large numbers of consecutive patients. METHODS 1059 cataract extractions with planned IOL (744 patients) were p...

To report acute onset lens particle glaucoma associated with a spontaneous anterior capsular dehiscence. A 66-year-old man presented with spontaneous anterior lens capsule dehiscence with an acute onset of right eye pain that was associated with white particles in the anterior chamber angle and intraocular pressure (IOP) of 55 mmHg. No trauma or other inflammatory antecedents were reported. A h...

Aim: To analyse the outcome of high volume cataract surgery in a developing country, community based, high volume eye hospital. Methods: In a non-comparative interventional case series, the authors reviewed the surgical outcomes of 593 patients with cataract operated upon by three high volume surgeons on six randomly selected days. There were 318 female (54%) and 275 male (46%) patients. Their ...

APRIL 2010 I CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY EUROPE I 31 T he incidence of wound gape or iris prolapse after cataract extraction reportedly ranges from 0% to 1.6% with phacoemulsification and 0% to 3% with extracapsular cataract extraction.1 Contemporary cataract surgery is most commonly performed through sutureless clear corneal incisions with a wound width of 3.2 mm or less. These small w...