This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the capsular tension ring on posterior capsular opacity in comparison with cases undergoing intraocular lens (IOL) implantation alone. We analyzed 127 eyes which had undergone cataract surgery, including capsular tension ring insertion, along with 127 eyes which had undergone IOL implantation alone by the same surgeon from Septembe...

Adjustments of the diopter rings on the slit-lamp oculars compensate for three independent factors: the observer's refractive error, the observer's state of accommodation, and any instrument misalignment. An inaccurate setting of these rings will significantly affect the slit-lamp image quality, as well as the precision and accuracy of slit-lamp mounted lasers, such as are used for retinal phot...

AIMS Cataract surgery has at times been said to correlate with an increased death risk. We have therefore analysed the standardised death ratio in a population based cohort of patients that had undergone cataract surgery. METHODS Data for all patients undergoing cataract surgery from 1986 up to and including 1990 in the Lund Health Care District were prospectively recorded, and 5120 were retr...

The benefits of Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy on visual performance were evaluated in 13 patients with after-cataract following extracapsular cataract extraction. Besides clinical evaluation we measured: visual acuity, letter contrast sensitivity with and without the presence of a circular glare source (glare angle: 8 degrees). Finally, the patients were asked to evaluate their subjective glare prob...

OBJECTIVE To document the frequency of retinal detachment and other complications associated with Nd:Yag laser capsulotomy. METHODS This prospective study was conducted among patients who underwent Nd:Yag laser capsulotomy in a tertiary care hospital in a period of one year. All patients had a thorough slit lamp biomicroscopic examination before and after the capsulotomy. A follow-up was done...

Purpose: To investigate long-term visual outcome and complications after cataract extraction and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in Fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) Methods: In this retrospective study in a private eye clinic in Tehran, 25 eyes of 24 patients with FHI who underwent cataract extraction and IOL implantation were evaluated based on their visual outcome and intraoperati...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of cataract surgery with phacoemulsification technique in patients with VogtKoyanagi-Harada syndrome in Saudi Arabia, at the King Abdulaziz University Hospital and Maghraby Eye Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A retrospective analysis of the records of patients diagnosed with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome that underwent cataract surgery with phaco...

The aim of the study is to compare Nd:YAG capsulotomy rate between acrylic 1- and 3-piece intraocular lenses. Among 924 eyes of 762 patients who received cataract surgery, we selected the 303 patients (404 eyes) implanted with an SN60WF 1-piece intraocular lens (Alcon, Fort Worth, TX) or a YA-60BBR 3-piece intraocular lens (Hoya Co., Tokyo, Japan). For intraindividual comparison, we enrolled th...

To compare the progression of posterior capsule opacification (PCO) in patients who required Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy following either combined cataract surgery with pars plana vitrectomy (PPV; C-CV), sequential cataract surgery after PPV (S-CV), or cataract surgery alone (CA). The medical records of 321 patients (408 eyes) who underwent Nd:YAG capsulotomy were retrospectively evaluated. The CA...

OBJECTIVES To assess the influence of Nd:YAG (neodymium: yttrium-aluminum- garnet) laser unilateral posterior capsulotomy on visual acuity and patients' perception of difficulties with vision-related activities of daily life. METHODS We conducted an interventional survey that included 48 patients between 40 and 80 years of age with uni- or bilateral pseudophakia, posterior capsule opacificati...