Surgical management of ectopia lentis is one of the major challenges faced by cataract surgeons today. Ectopia lentis signifies a displacement or malposition of the crystalline lens, irrespective of cause. It may occur congenitally or as part of developmental anomalies, as found in Marfan syndrome, homocystinuria, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hyperlysinemia, sulfite oxidase deficiency, simple primar...

Ocular coloboma is a rare malformation which occurs as an isolated defect in healthy individuals or be part of complex syndrome known unknown etiology. Patients with iris and choroid complicated cataract should have surgery to improve their BCVA, if there no retinal detachment.We report the case right eye male following consultation.The patient had inferonasal iris, resulted pear-shaped pupil l...

BACKGROUND The pulsed electron avalanche knife (PEAK-fc) is a new pulsed electrosurgical device that allows for precise, "cold" and traction-free tissue dissection. AIM To evaluate the surgical applicability, safety and potential complications of PEAK-fc in complicated cataract surgery. METHODS The study included five children with congenital cataracts, two patients with advanced senile cat...

purpose : contrast sensitivity (cs) evaluation by sv–1000e chart in all spatial frequencies after micro incision cataract surgery (mics) and its comparison between two thin lenses after optical correction in natural and glare conditions methods : in this cross sectional study, 100 eyes having mics with dodick arc phacolaser system were evaluated. 50 thinoptx lenses and 50 acrismart lenses were ...

PURPOSE This study compares the effect of topical diclofenac with that of betamethasone against postoperative increase of intraocular pressure (IOP) after cataract surgery in normal patients, and also investigated the risk factors for postoperative increase of IOP in each group. METHODS Fifty consecutive patients without systemic disease who have bilateral and symmetrical cataracts underwent ...

purpose: to identify the profile of cataract surgery in an iranian population. methods: this population-based survey was conducted on adults aged ≥50 years and over in 2009 at varamin district. cataract surgical coverage (csc) was defined as the proportion of operable cataractous eyes (best-corrected visual acuity [bcva] < 6/18 due to cataracts) that had been operated. poor outcome was defined ...