In the last two decades, corneal laser surgery has become a common procedure to correct medium-low refractive defects. It consists of reshaping geometry by means in order present error. this work, we compare opto-mechanical performance procedures: Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) and Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE).

Material and Methods: A prospective study was performed on 144 eyes of 132 patients. They were operated upon for cataract between 12/01/2007 and 31/12/2012 by a single eye surgeon at a private set up. Follow up period was from 6 month to five years (mean 33 months). The patients included in this study, underwent cataract surgery by phacoemulsification through 3.2 mm superotemporal clear corneal...

We report a female patient who developed chronic endophthalmitis after an uneventful cataract surgery. Cultures of aqueous humor and a vitreous sample showed positivity for Actinomyces meyeri. Intense anterior segment inflammation and a less evident impairment of the patient's posterior segment led us to treat her vigorously with pars plana vitrectomy combined with intraocular and topical antib...

A 5-year-old boy with severe ectopia lentis had bilateral lensectomy and suture fixation of a foldable acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) through a 3.0 mm clear corneal incision. Sodium hyaluronate (Healon GV) enhanced stability of the crystalline lens during aspiration and maintenance of the anterior chamber during passage of the needles through the ciliary sulcus. The haptic design of the single-...

INTRODUCTION Small incisions in cataract surgery have shown to reduce tissue damage, postoperative inflammation and pain. OBJECTIVE To describe in detail the surgical management challenges and clinical results of bimanual micro-incision phacoemulsification cataract surgery in children with congenital cataract. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 22 eyes of 14 children aged from 11 months to 17 years w...

Ocular setariasis is a common vision threatening ophthalmic condition in equine resulting from ectopic parasitism by Setaria digitata, equina and Thelazia lacrymalis. The disease occurs mostly summer autumn seasons it displays signs of lacrimation, photophobia, corneal opacity, conjunctivitis loss vision. Close inspection the eye reveals moving worm anterior chamber eye. B-mode ultrasonography ...

OBJECTIVE To determine if a biodendrimer adhesive will seal a clear corneal cataract incision. DESIGN An experimental study in which 2.75-mm clear corneal cataract incisions were made in 8 human donor eyes. The corneas were mounted on an artificial anterior chamber. Leaking pressure was determined in 6 corneas. These corneas were then treated with adhesive and leaking pressure was again measu...

OBJECTIVE To describe an optic capture pars plana lensectomy technique. METHODS After core vitrectomy, pars plana lensectomy is performed with preservation of the anterior capsule. Capsulorhexis is performed on the preserved anterior capsule through a 2.8 mm clear corneal incision. An intraocular lens (IOL) is placed in the ciliary sulcus, and then the optic of the IOL is pushed back to the v...