BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) is rapidly gaining popularity due to the improved consistency and predictability for capsulorhexis. This study aimed to investigate the preliminary clinical outcomes of FLACS with a noncontact femtosecond laser system. PATIENTS AND METHODS This prospective study enrolled 25 eyes in the trial group underwent FLACS (LL...

Posterior capsular rent is a common complication of cataract surgery including phacoemulsification. Though occurrence is higher with beginners, it can also occur in the hands of a senior phaco surgeon. This study analyses the predisposing risk factors, intraoperative events, mode of occurrence, management strategy and eventual outcome of Posterior capsular rent during phacoemulsification by a s...

PURPOSE To compare femtosecond laser-assisted capsulotomy with conventional manual capsulorhexis in cases of white cataract. PATIENTS AND METHODS The prospective comparative study enrolled 80 eyes (80 patients) with white cataract that underwent either femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (Group I, n=40) or conventional manual phacoemulsification (Group II, n=40) at a tertiary care oph...

r T b k t S a i a m c A m i r i h N THIS ISSUE, RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED, CONtrolled trial (RCT) are published in which two techniques for cataract extraction are compared.1 The uestion of whether manual sutureless small-incision exracapsular cataract surgery (SICS) is as effective and safe s phacoemulsification is addressed. This may seem to be a fruitless enquiry because it is ssumed by most...

purpose: to report the outcomes of graft refractive surgery (grs) together with clear-cornea phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (iol) implantation in post-penetrating keratoplasty (pkp) eyes. methods: fourteen eyes of 13 patients who had received pkp underwent simultaneous grs (relaxing incisions with or without counter-quadrant compression sutures) and clear-cornea phacoemulsification wi...

Background: Phacoemulsification surgery is the most frequent cataract performed in developed countries because of its effectiveness and safety. However, some degree endothelial loss inevitable any type surgery, including phacoemulsification. Anterior chamber depth (ACD) could be considered as one important anatomical parameters for preserving from mechanical thermal damage that can occur during...

This technique facilitates phacoemulsification and foldable intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in eyes with extremely crowded anterior segments. An automated pars plana vitreous tap is used to expand the anterior segment when extremely shallow anterior chambers do not deepen sufficiently with viscoelastic injection alone. This technique permits successful completion of pupilloplasty, capsulorh...

PURPOSE To compare torsional versus combined torsional and conventional ultrasound modes in hard cataract surgery regarding ultrasound energy and time and effect on corneal endothelium. SETTINGS Kasr El Aini hospital, Cairo University, and International Eye Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. METHODOLOGY Ninety-eight eyes of 63 patients were enrolled in this prospective comparative randomized masked cl...

AIM To determine the clinical intervention rate during routine review after uncomplicated phacoemulsification. METHODS A review of case notes in 651 consecutive cases of uncomplicated phacoemulsification from 1994 (< or = 5.5 mm self sealing wound) was performed. The intervention rate at scheduled routine review visits and at unscheduled visits to the eye casualty service in the first 120 pos...

PURPOSE To compare the efficacy of different surgical strategies for intraocular pressure (IOP) control in Hispanic glaucoma patients with and without visually significant cataracts. DESIGN Comparative retrospective consecutive case series. METHODS The charts of 153 consecutive patients with primary open angle glaucoma who underwent either trabeculectomy alone (n = 51), phacotrabeculectomy ...