CASE REPORT The first case is described on a patient with Urrets-Zavalía syndrome after Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK) in whom an ExPRESS implant was used. DISCUSSION The ExPRESS implant is a useful tool for complex cases of post-surgical glaucoma where patients need to avoid post-operative inflammation and risks (corneal transplant patients). It is also very us...

PURPOSE To improve the visual acuity of patients with progressive keratectasia following laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). METHODS Five eyes of four patients underwent penetrating keratoplasty for ectasia after LASIK: In one patient the second eye was operated on 10 months after the first keratoplasty. The pre- and postoperative refraction, best spectacle-corrected visual acuity, and topo...

PURPOSE To report hydrophilic acylic intraocular lens (IOL) opacification after Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK) in an eye with multiple prior intraocular surgeries and iatrogenic aniridia. CASE REPORT A 34-year-old woman with history of penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) for advanced keratoconus and subsequent Urrets-Zavalia Syndrome (UZS) underwent phacoemulsificati...

Endophthalmitis is one of the most serious complications of intraocular surgeries, and Candida albicans constitutes the majority of cases of post penetrating keratoplasty (PK) endophthalmitis. The presenting case is a 21-year-old woman with known case of advanced keratoconus and vernal keratoconjunctivitis who underwent PK, and developed recalcitrant anterior uveitis and subsequent whitish lesi...

Background: Keratoconus is a progressive, non-inflammatory corneal ectasia with central thinning. The aim of this work was to evaluate intra and post-operative complications final visual outcome deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK).Methods: This prospective cohort interventional study carried out on 20 patients aged from 65 years old superficial stromal opacities based clinical examinatio...

THE fact that vertical disturbances are sometimes present in cases of horizontal strabismus has been early recognized and described. Strabismus surso-adductorius, a condition in which a marked upshoot of the eyes is seen in adduction, was first observed by von Graefe (1855) and accounted for in different ways by him and by others, who considered it as occasioned by an abnormal vestibular stimul...