optical rehabilitation of the patient with aphakia who cannot tolerate contact lenses present a therapeutic challenge. in the absence of capsular support, anterior chamber lenses have been widely used. on the other hand intraocular lens implantation of scleral sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens during penterating keratoplasty or insufficient iris support is recommended. the purpose of t...

PURPOSE To measure cataract changes quantitatively in the crystalline lens after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C and to identify associated clinical factors. METHODS Forty-one consecutive trabeculectomy patients (41 eyes) were enrolled in this prospective study. The enrollment criteria were: phakic eye, no history of intraocular surgeries or inflammation, and no corneal opacification. The tra...

purpose : to report clinical and pathological features of three cases of opacification with hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses (iols) case reports : in this interventional case report, we introduce the surgical and laboratory information about three hydrophilic acrylic iols which calcified after implantation for these patients with cataract. these lenses were explanted and analyzed with opt...

We describe a case of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) in an eye with multiple comorbidities, including retinal detachment surgery, high myopia, posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (PC pIOL) and residual, emulsified, silicone oil located in the anterior chamber. FLACS was affected by the optical blockage, but the incomplete capsular tear was recoverable. The case sugges...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate efficiency, predictability, stability, complications, and patient satisfaction after implantation of a foldable iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) for the correction of myopia. DESIGN Prospective, nonrandomized, comparative (self-controlled) trial. PARTICIPANTS Forty-one eyes of 22 myopic patients aged 18 to 56 years (mean, 36 years) with average sphere of -8....

PURPOSE To evaluate the postoperative intraocular positional stability of 1 rigid poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) model and 2 foldable polysilicone-PMMA iris-fixated pIOL models. SETTING Department of Ophthalmology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. METHODS One of 3 iris-fixated pIOL models (Artisan, Artiflex I, and Artiflex II, Op...