We report a 50-year-old patient who had secondary implantation of an aphakic Artisan (Ophtec) intraocular lens (IOL) that was placed vertically in the anterior chamber. The patient had had a perforating injury to the cornea that required corneal wound repair, lensectomy, and anterior vitrectomy. Because of the localized traumatic aniridia, the Artisan IOL could not be placed horizontally. Three...

tial for posterior dislocation of the donor corneal disc in aphakic eyes must be taken into consideration. Longer-lasting, higher-buoyancy gases (such as SF6) could be used as alternatives to air, but the possible toxic effect to endothelial cells should be elucidated. Correspondence: Dr Yoo, Cornea and External Diseases, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, 900 NW 17th St, Miami, FL 33136 (syoo@med .m...

PURPOSE To observe the first 24-hour (h) outcomes of the small incision lenticule extraction procedure (SMILE) for myopia and myopic astigmatism. METHODS Fifty-three eyes (27 patients) scheduled for SMILE were followed immediately (0 h), 2, 4, 6, and 24 h after SMILE. Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), conjunctival congestion, pain level, and corneal edema, thickness, and densitometry were rec...

A 31-year-old man presented to our clinic for an ocular trauma to his left eye. His best-corrected visual acuity was 20/200 OS (left eye). Anterior segment examination showed an epithelial defect, which implies a direct injury to the cornea. A marked focal stromal edema accompanied by Descemet's membrane folds were located at 10 o'clock in the paraxial area, about 4 mm apart from the corneal ce...

OBJECTIVE   To describe the ocular clinical signs in a group of cows diagnosed with sheep associated malignant catarrhal fever (MCF), and to investigate a possible correlation between the severity and progression of certain typical clinical signs and disease outcome. PROCEDURE   This prospective study involved cows diagnosed with MCF between 2007 and 2010, and included cows enrolled in a larg...

Amantadine is commonly used for Parkinsonism. However amantadine can induce adverse corneal reaction. Here we report a patient with primary progressive freezing of gait who had severe corneal edema associated with amantadine, which was reversible after discontinuation of the amantadine. This report alerts neurologists for this reversible but potentially critical corneal edema in patients with P...

Tesicon, one of the commercially available 'silicone rubber' lenses, was used in the correction of aphakic patients. In 74% of cases the lenses were considered successful for a daily wear regimen by the patient. Furthermore, a small number of patients could wear this lens without interruption for 3 to 6 days at a time. Despite this good acceptance by patients, corneal problems (mainly staining)...

We have had 10 years of successful experience with asymmetric radial keratotomy in keratoconus, designed to flatten the steeper central and paracentral areas of the cornea. We think the procedure is the treatment of choice for types I, II, and selected cases of type III keratoconus. The procedure does not adversely affect the results of subsequent surgery such as aphakic epikeratoplasty, cornea...

WITH a correctly fitting pair of approximately -14 D. corneal contact lenses, a person with normal emmetropic eyes can become a 12 D. experimental hyperope, and he can very nearly simulate the exact type of vision of the spectacle-corrected aphakic by wearing a correctly fitted set of + 12-00 D. Sph. cataract spectacle lenses. With this "simulator of aphakia", the inquisitive scientific researc...

Intraocular lens (IOL) implantation is now accepted as the most effective means of aphakic correction in selected patients undergoing cataract surgery. In terms of final rehabilitation, however, complications such as corneal oedema, retinal detachment, and cystoid macular oedema remain problematic. Results of prospective concurrent trials of IOL implantation performed at the Wilmer Institute ar...