purpose: to compare the efficacy and safety of two local anesthetic methods; retrobulbar anesthesia and parabulbar anesthesia using ptfe intravenous cannula without needle in extracapsular cataract surgery. method: a randomized prospective partially blind study was conducted on 66 eyes of 66 patients with senile cataract who were scheduled for ecce and pc iol surgery. after randomization, 35 pa...

MARCH 2012 I RETINA TODAY I 29 D islocated intraocular lenses (IOLs) are known possible sequelae of complicated or uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery, particularly in patients with a history of trauma or pseudoexfoliation syndrome. Numerous techniques for lens refixation exist, most of which involve the need for a combined vitrectomy with scleralor iris-fixation of lenses. Large studies ...

After posterior capsule rupture, removal of residual lens material is a challenging but important goal. Sequential, interdependent strategies to accomplish this include the Viscoat PAL, the Viscoat Trap, bimanual pars plana anterior vitrectomy, and bimanual irrigation–aspiration of cortex. Once brought into the anterior chamber, the nucleus can be removed either with phacoemulsification above a...