PURPOSE To evaluate changes in anterior chamber (AC) morphology induced by cataract extraction using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT). DESIGN Prospective comparative observational case series. METHODS Thirty-two eyes of 32 patients underwent OCT imaging of the angle before and after cataract surgery. Anterior chamber depth (ACD), angle opening distance at 500 microm (AOD(...

recently, small incision cataract extraction by phaco and implantation of a foldable intraocular lense with topical anesthesia has used in an attempt to decrease the complication of general anesthesia and peribulbar injection. to compare effects and complications of topical, local and general anesthesia, 92 patients admitted to imam hosein hospital for cataract surgery, were randomly assigned t...

Paediatric cataracts are a relatively common (1 to 15 per 10,000 children), but treatable worldwide morbidity [1]. Unfortunately, surgical intervention in children is often more difficult and associated with more complications than in adult patients. The surgical difficulty of Paediatric cataract extraction can be attributed to the increased elasticity of the lens capsule as well as decreased s...

Removal of the crystalline lens is associated with a substantial increase in the rate of retinal tears and detachments. Retinal detachment (RD) occurs in 2 to 3% of eyes following intracapsular cataract extraction (ICCE), 0.5 to 2 % of eyes following extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) but is believed to occur in a smaller percentage of eyes following phacoemulsification. RD frequently occ...

Capsular tension ring (CTR) is endocapsular support device important during cataract surgery in eyes with weak zonular apparatus. It was presented our experience, advantages and limitations of CTR in phacoemulsification cataract surgery with damaged zonules. Phacoemulsification surgery was performed by clear corneal technique using topical anesthesia. Capsular ring was implanted to stabilize th...

purpose : to investigate long-term visual outcome and complications after cataract extraction and intraocular lens (iol) implantation in fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis (fhi) methods : in this retrospective study in a private eye clinic in tehran, 25 eyes of 24 patients with fhi who underwent cataract extraction and iol implantation were evaluated based on their visual outcome and intraopera...

Intraocular surgical procedures in general and filtering surgery in particular, predispose to cataract formation or accelerate pre-existing lens opacification thus the management of a visually significant cataract in a glaucoma patient who has had a previous trabeculectomy is a common clinical challenge, with the possibility that the intraocular surgery might result in filtration failure and lo...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Most surgeons performing macular hole surgery using long acting gas recommend strict postoperative face down posturing for 10-15 days. Patients with chronic systemic illness such as arthritis may be unable to carry out this postoperative regime. Thus there is a need for alternative techniques that would eliminate such a regime. The authors review a series of patients who underwe...

AIMS To compare optotype acuities and re-operation rates in children corrected with a contact lens (CL) compared with an intraocular lens (IOL) following unilateral cataract extraction during infancy in a non-randomised, retrospective case series. METHODS 25 infants with a unilateral congenital cataract underwent cataract surgery with (IOL group, n = 12) or without (CL group, n = 13) IOL impl...

SummaryIn 2001, we conducted a population-based cluster survey of the prevalence of blindness and glaucoma in three districts of the Volta region of Ghana, West Africa. A secondary purpose was to assess the presenting visual acuities of individuals who had undergone extracapsular cataract extraction with an intraocular lens implant (ECCE/IOL) and intracapsular cataract extraction (ICCE). The ta...