Progression in phacoemulsification techniques for cataract surgery[1-4] has also led to inevitable changes in the delivery of accompanying anesthesia from general to local modalities [5-7] i.e. retrobulbar, peribulbar, Sub-Tenon and topical anesthesia. General anesthesia is preferred for complicated intracapsular cataract extraction (ICCE) surgery as this technique involves significant manipula...

AIM to evaluate morphological changes in the posterior lens capsule (LC) after different techniques of cataract extraction. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eight pseudophakic human autopsy eyes were divided into two groups by the technique used for cataract extraction. Group 1 included 4 eyes following extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) and rigid IOL implantation. Group 2 included 4 eyes after min...

Materials and Methods: Sixty patients undergoing cataract surgery (thirty eyes using phacoemulsicification and thirty eyes with extra capsular cataract extraction technique) were included in the study. All patients received topical anesthesia with proparacain (Alcain) eye drops combined with sponge socked in Alcain eye drops in superior conjuctival sac, which remained there till the end of surg...

OBJECTIVE To determine the cumulative probability of cataract surgery and factors accounting for such surgery. METHODS Respondents to the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old survey, a national longitudinal panel, were interviewed in 1998, 2000, and 2002 to determine whether they had undergone cataract extraction since the previous interview (N = 8363 in 1998). Multivariate analysis...

Today, with the use of small incisions and foldable intraocular lenses (IOLs), cataract extraction has become a safer and more effective surgery. However, despite the many advances over the years, the current state of cataract surgery still has safety concerns and refractive limitations. Complications such as endophthalmitis, posterior capsule rupture and cystoid macular edema still arise. The ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the long-term visual outcomes and complications of cataract surgery in eyes previously treated for retinoblastoma. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation at Seoul National University Children's Hospital for a secondary cataract that developed after retinoblastoma treatment. RESULTS During th...

Although endophthalmitis following cataract extraction is a rare complication (only 0.17% in the study by Norregaard et al presented in this issue of the BJO (p 102)), endophthalmitis is important because frequently it has a significant eVect on visual function. Outcomes of cataract surgery, including endophthalmitis, have been the subject of intense investigation in recent years, in part becau...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to investigate potential risk factors for retinal detachment (RD) after cataract surgery in southern Taiwan. METHODS This was a prospective cohort study. Submitted charts and claimed records for insurance beneficiaries who underwent cataract extraction between August 1999 and December 2001 were collected from the Bureau of National Health Insurance. Data fro...

AIM To evaluate the effect of cataract surgery on frequency doubling technology (FDT) perimetry in patients with co-existing cataract and glaucoma. METHODS In this consecutive prospective cohort study 27 patients with open angle glaucoma scheduled for cataract extraction alone or combined with trabeculectomy were enrolled. All patients underwent FDT threshold C-20 visual fields within 3 month...

AIM To analyse possible predictors of the self assessed functional outcome of a cataract extraction. METHODS The patients' self assessed visual function was studied by use of a questionnaire, the "Catquest", before and 6 months after surgery. All patients (n=1933, mean age 75.5 years, 66.8% women) who were undergoing cataract surgery in March 1995, in 35 different departments of ophthalmology...