AIM To assess the early clinical outcomes of an ICL with a central hole (Hole ICL) implantation for the correction of moderate to high myopia. METHODS This study evaluated 20 eyes of 20 patients with spherical equivalents of -7.36 ± 2.13 D (mean ± SD) who underwent Hole ICL implantation. Before surgery and at 1 week and 1, 3 and 6 months after surgery, we assessed the safety, efficacy, predic...

A REVIEW of the literature of the past 10 years shows little published work on the results ofsurgery in acute closed-angle glaucoma. This is rather surprising in view of the wider use of the classification into simple glaucoma and closedangle glaucoma (see, for example, Duke-Elder, 1955) and the better understanding of some of the mechanisms involved in the latter type. This has led to the use ...

Sir,?As Captain Duer suggests i" the Indian Medical Gazette, October 1901, it would interest us much to hear more from our experienced operators of the cause of this accident of involuntary iridectomy. I have often wondered why more has not been said about it. When it has happened to me I have always put it down to want of skill. Perhaps it has been so. I do not believe that it is always due to...

BACKGROUND We explore and compare the advantages and disadvantages of different operating methods for a peripheral iridectomy (PI) for phakic posterior chamber implantable contact lens (ICL) implantation in patients with dark-brown irides. METHODS Forty-six patients completed this prospective comparative study. Neodymium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) PI was performed in 15 patients (30 ey...