Context: To measure central macular thickness (CMT) in diabetic patients after instilling intracameral dexamethasone at the end of cataract surgery and compare this measure with control group. Design: Prospective case-control study. Participants: 100 eyes of 100 diabetic patients undergoing cataract extraction. Methods: 50 eyes received intracameral dexamethasone 0.4mg/0.1ml at the end of surge...

THIS year’s EURETINA meeting included a joint EURETINA/ESCRS symposium on where anterior segment and posterior segment surgery meet. Commencing the session, co-chairman, Gisbert Richard MD, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, described a combined surgery procedure for cataract patients who require pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for such indications as epiretinal membranes, macular holes a...

BACKGROUND Cataract surgery is one of the most common medical procedures undertaken worldwide. AIMS To investigate whether cataract surgery can improve driving performance and whether this can be predicted by changes in visual function. METHODS 29 older patients with bilateral cataracts and 18 controls with normal vision were tested. All were licensed drivers. Driving and vision performance...

AIM To estimate risk of infectious endophthalmitis after cataract extraction in Denmark and to compare results with the risk of this complication in the USA. METHODS In the national Danish administrative hospital register, 19,426 patients were identified who underwent first eye cataract surgery from 1985 to 1987 and who were 50 years of age or older. Of these, 61 patients had postoperative en...

BACKGROUND Endophthalmitis is one of the most serious complications of ophthalmic surgery, which includes postoperative cataract extraction. Outbreak of acute postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery has been reported in Thailand and other countries. OBJECTIVE To describe an outbreak of acute postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery that was referred to Chiang Mai Univ...

INTRODUCTION Retinitis pigmentosa is clinically characterized by loss of predominantly rod photoreceptor function as well as loss of peripheral vision. The classic clinical triad is considered to be the presence of bone spicule pigmentation in the peripheral retina, arteriolar attenuation, and waxy disc pallor. Cataracts, most commonly of the posterior subcapsular type, are often found in all f...

the aim of this study was to report a new cause of cataract, namely snake bite induced cataract in a dog. a 3-year-old male mongrel dog was referred to our clinic for the assessment of cataract in both eyes. the dog was bitten by a snake nearly 4 months ago. a 40 dioptre acrylic lens with 13 mm haptics was implanted into the lens capsule. in the left eye, posterior synechia was detected in the ...

OBJECTIVES To describe a modified manual cataract extraction technique, sutureless large-incision manual cataract extraction (SLIMCE), and to report its clinical outcomes. METHODS Case notes of 50 consecutive patients with cataract surgery performed using the SLIMCE technique were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical outcomes 3 months after surgery were analyzed, including postoperative uncorre...

BACKGROUND Cataract extraction is the most commonly performed surgery in the National Health Service. Myopia increases the risk of postoperative rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and rate of RRD seven years after cataract extraction in highly myopic eyes. METHODS Retrospective review was performed of notes of all high myopes (axial l...

We report cataract surgery with toric intraocular lens implantation for the management of senile cataract combined with pellucid marginal degeneration. A 72-year-old man with bilateral senile cataract and significant against-the-rule astigmatism sought counseling for blurry vision and glare, mostly in the right eye. Based on ophthalmic examination and corneal topography, a diagnosis of pellucid...