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...

BACKGROUND Cataract surgery after penetratingkeratoplasty (PKP) is often challenging due to changes in the integrity of the cornea caused by PKP. For example, corneal endothelial cell (CEC) loss and corneal edema commonly occur after traditional phacoemulsification cataract surgery in patients that previously had successful PKP. Recent studies have reported that femtosecond laser-assisted catar...

PURPOSE To study the effect of small-incision cataract surgery on the optical aberrations of the cornea. METHODS Corneal topography was measured before and after cataract surgery on 70 eyes of 70 patients. Monofocal foldable IOLs were implanted after phacoemulsification through a clear-cornea, 3.5-mm incision without suture. Corneal aberrations, up to the fifth order and 6-mm pupil, were calc...

Post-operative surgical infection represents an uncommon but potentially devastating complication of cataract surgery. In the past several decades, cataract surgery has made major advances with the introduction of small-incision phacoemulsification, viscoelastic substances, and improved lens designs, as well as refinement of surgical techniques. As a result, postoperative care has become simple...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare surgically induced astigmatism (SIA) between one-handed and two-handed cataract surgery techniques. METHODS Eighty-eight eyes of 44 patients with no ocular disease other than cataract, who underwent cataract surgery by a single surgeon, were selected for this study. Cataract surgery was performed by coaxial phacoemulsification and intraocula...

Background: Different surgical treatment options are used to treat cataracts, such as Manual Small Incision Cataract surgery (MSICS) and Phacoemulsification. The present study compares the visual outcomes of phacoemulsification MSICS in senile cataract patients. Methodology: A quasi-experimental was conducted with 270 patients aged between 50 70. Patients diagnosed were included divided equally...

PURPOSE To characterize macular edema that occurs after uneventful cataract surgery. SETTING Centre of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Institute of Biomedical Research on Light and Image, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. METHODS Thirty-two eyes of 32 patients had uneventful phacoemulsification with implantation of a foldable intraocular lens. Postoperativel...

It sounds silly, but we often spend so much time caring for our patients and each other that we forget to care for ourselves. If we don’t look after ourselves it could put us at risk and could lead to a short-term or permanent inability to do our job. We need to do whatever we can as health care professionals to demonstrate to our patients, through our own example, what it means to live a healt...