Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in Saudi Arabia. The author studied 1383 patients who had undergone cataract extraction (total of 1520 procedures) from October 1985 to March 1986 at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. All patients were observed for at least two months. Of 1520 eyes 555 (37%) achieved a visual acuity of 20/40 or better, 309 (20%) a visual ac...

AIM The aim of the study was to compare the outcomes of phacoemulsification (Phaco) and extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) in a district hospital setting. METHODS A retrospective analysis was done from the medical records of the patients who underwent Phaco and ECCE in Temerloh District Hospital, Pahang state between October 2009 and September 2010. The age, gender and ethnicity of the ...

Nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA) is characterized by the complete absence of sperm in the ejaculate due to testicular failure. The evaluation and management of patients with NOA offer a challenge to the reproductive urologist. In the era of in vitro fertilization with intracytoplasmic sperm injection, surgical sperm extraction techniques can afford men with NOA biologic paternity. To provide a ...

Copyright: © 2016 Frascino A. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Diabetes is a disease associated with increased surgical complications and deficient tissue repair. However, recent publications cl...

Nanophthalmos refers to an eyeball of short axial length, usually less than 20 mm which leads to angle closure glaucoma due to relatively large lens. Intra-ocular lens extraction relieves the angle closure in nanophthalmos. Cataract surgery in a nanophthalmic eye is technically difficult with high risk of complications such as posterior capsular rupture, uveal effusion, choroidal haemorrhage, v...

Peribulbar and retrobulbar anaesthesia are commonly used techniques in cataract extraction. They offer satisfactory analgesia and akinesia but serious complications although uncommon are consistently reported. Intravenous sedation combined with a facial nerve block offers an alternative method of anaesthesia. This is a retrospective study of patients who underwent extracapsular cataract extract...

INTRODUCTION In manual, tunnel-incision cataract surgery, nucleus extraction has remained a crucial issue and a challenge. It is also the period when serious complications easily occur, especially for beginners and when the nucleus is large and dense. OBJECTIVES To report a modified vectis technique for nucleus extraction in sutureless, manual, small-incision cataract surgery (MSICS) to impro...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this prospective clinical trial was to evaluate the incidence of postoperative complications following surgical extraction of lower third molars (L8) and the risk factors and clinical variables associated with these complications. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Three-hundred and twenty-seven consecutive patients (128 men and 199 women, mean age = 23.1 ± 3.9 years, range: 18-40) wer...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate the clinical outcomes of a publicly funded cataract elimination program. METHODS outcomes of all patients (186) who received extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) surgery free of charge at the Instituto Regional de Oftalmología in northern Peru in the first year (August 2008 to July 2009) of the Peruvian National Cataract Elimination Plan were compared retrospectively...

OBJECTIVE Evaluate moment of extubation in maxillofacial post-operative patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) and analyze early complications during their stay. DESIGN An observational and prospective study. SETTING Third level hospital ICU. PATIENTS AND METHODS All patients we underwent maxillofacial surgery and admitted to the ICU for immediate post-operative care from Febru...