OF all the ailments wvhich the human beinig is calledl upon to suffer in acdvaincing years , perhaps loss of vision is the worst. TIhe commonest cause of this visual defect is cataract an opacification of the lens which varies in (legree from a slight opacity, which prevents one seeing small print clearly, to total opacificatioin, when light alone will penetrate through to the retina. Up to a (...

AIM to evaluate morphological changes in the posterior lens capsule (LC) after different techniques of cataract extraction. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eight pseudophakic human autopsy eyes were divided into two groups by the technique used for cataract extraction. Group 1 included 4 eyes following extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) and rigid IOL implantation. Group 2 included 4 eyes after min...

Two groups of patients suffering from cataract were investigated by the lymphocyte stimulation test. One group was tested before and the other after cataract surgery. Human (total) lens crystallins and bovine alpha crystallin were used as the antigens. Lymphocytes of healthy persons showed practically no positive stimulation with either antigen. Of the patients tested before operation 38% react...

AIMS The aim of this study was to assess the risk of postoperative endophthalmitis associated with different prophylactic protocols, using povidone-iodine disinfection of the skin and conjunctiva in patients undergoing cataract surgery over an 8-year period at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Kaohsiung, Taiwan). METHOD This was a retrospective, comparative, case-controlled study. Data were colle...

BACKGROUND A training course for cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation was organised in April 1997 at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, Nigeria. Operations were performed by six Nigerian consultant ophthalmologists under the supervision of two surgeons from Aravind Eye Hospital, India. METHODS A total of 175 eyes with uncomplicated cataracts were operated on after careful selecti...

r T b k t S a i a m c A m i r i h N THIS ISSUE, RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED, CONtrolled trial (RCT) are published in which two techniques for cataract extraction are compared.1 The uestion of whether manual sutureless small-incision exracapsular cataract surgery (SICS) is as effective and safe s phacoemulsification is addressed. This may seem to be a fruitless enquiry because it is ssumed by most...

AIMS/BACKGROUND Posterior capsular opacification is the most common postoperative complication of extracapsular cataract surgery. The purpose of this study was to attempt to inhibit this secondary cataract formation by using mitomycin (an antimitotic drug). METHODS A solution containing mitomycin was used to perform hydrodissection (with a 5 minute pause) during extracapsular lens extraction ...