BACKGROUND In Physicians' Health Study I, randomized trial results indicated no major beneficial effect of 5 years of low-dose aspirin treatment on total cataract (relative risk [RR], 0.94; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.79-1.13) or cataract extraction (RR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.65-1.01) during the period of treatment. OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of assigned aspirin treatment and posttrial, se...

IN 1953 I described an erisophake (Esposito, 1953), which I had devised in 1950, and which I had been, and have been, using since that time in cataract surgery. Since the original article appeared, this instrument has been used successfully and extensively by many ophthalmologists as noted by many writers, including Hope-Robertson (1954) and Givnor (1953). Of interest has been the attempted mod...

Impact We know from numerous population-based surveys that a significant number of cataract operations may have poor outcomes (defined as presenting visual acuity of less than 6/60). Poor outcomes are distressing or disappointing for patients. They reflect badly on the health or surgical facility and on the surgical team. Poor outcomes may also affect the sustainability of services; they discou...

Loss of visual field subserving macular function has been found to be rare after intraocular surgery in advanced glaucoma. Abrupt changes in refractive error, lens opacity, and suppression must be carefully excluded before macular fixation is deemed lost. Out of 69 intraocular procedures (46 drainage operations, 13 cataract extractons) two patients lost central visual field subserving macular f...

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...