PURPOSE Diabetic cataract is one of the major eye complications of diabetes. It was reported that cataract occurs two to five times more frequently in patients with diabetes compared with those with no diabetes. The purpose of this study was to identify genetic contributors of diabetic cataract based on a genome-wide association approach using a well-defined Scottish diabetic cohort. METHODS ...

PURPOSE To present the cataract surgery practice pattern among the ophthalmic surgeons in hospitals managed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Malaysia. DESIGN Secondary data analysis on Malaysian Cataract Surgery Registry (CSR). METHODS The Malaysian CSR collected data on cataract surgeries done at all the ophthalmology departments in MOH from year 2002 to 2004 (paper-based) and 2007 to 20...

Purpose: To determine the incidence and determinants of intraoperative complications of cataract surgeries performed in Iran during 2000 to 2005 Methods: The Iranian Cataract Surgery Survey (ICSS) is a retrospective study in which random sampling was done from selected centers. One week per season between 2000 and 2005 was assigned to each center and records of cataract surgeries performed duri...

PURPOSE To estimate prevalence and number of people visually impaired or blind due to cataract. METHODS Based on the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2010 and ongoing literature research, we examined how many people were affected by moderate to severe vision impairment (MSVI; presenting visual acuity <6/18, ≥3/60) and blindness (presenting visual acuity <3/60) due to cataract. RESULTS In 201...

The main causes of infantile cataract are genetic, metabolic disorders, prematurity and intrauterine infections. Other causes of childhood cataract in older children include trauma, drug-induced cataract, radiation therapy and laser therapy for ROP. Trauma is one of the commonest cause of unilateral cataract in the developing countries. Bilateral cataracts occur commonly due to the long-term us...

A variety of systemic drugs including corticosteroids, amiodarone and antipsychotics have been known to cause cataract formation. Typical antipsychotics such as chlorpromazine have been reported to cause cataract formation in varying rates ranging from 22% to 80%. Cataract as an adverse effect resulting from the long term use of atypical antipsychotic has rarely been mentioned in literature, an...

conclusions the results of the current study suggest that increasing the quality of the diet calculated according to hei can reduce the risk of coming down with cataract. patients and methods this case-control study was conducted on 97 patients with cataract and 198 healthy people (as a control group) in iran. individuals were selected by the convenience sampling method and the food frequency q...

purpose: to report two cases of oil-drop cataract and the description of this entity. patients and findings: two women (one 46 and the other 56 years-old) presented with gradual visual loss. previous studies including ct scan, mri, vep and erg were normal. with the use of simple diagnostic tests including a multiple pinhole occluder and use of visuscope, a diagnosis of oil-drop cataract was mad...

OBJECTIVE To describe the long-term incidence of nuclear cataract, cortical cataract, and posterior subcapsular cataract (PSC) and to evaluate age and cohort effects on these rates. DESIGN Population-based study. PARTICIPANTS Members of the Beaver Dam Eye Study cohort. METHODS Subjects were seen in study offices for examinations (slit lamp, checking for occludable angles, dilation of pupi...