PURPOSE To evaluate the functional and the anatomical outcomes after implantation of phakic posterior chamber intraocular lenses (IOLs) in highly myopic eyes. SETTING Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France. METHODS Fifty-eight eyes of 46 patients that had implantation of phakic posterior chamber lenses for high myopia were evaluated. Predictability, efficiency, safety, an...

A 45-year-old man with bilateral high myopia and myopic astigmatism had uneventful implantation of a -10.5 diopters (D) Artisan iris-fixated anterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) (Ophtec) in both eyes. In the first days after surgery, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) was 20/16 in the right eye and 20/16 in the left; the position of the PIOL was stable. Ten days after surgery, the left...

Cataract surgery improves visual acuity and drastically increases the capacity for light reception to the retina. Although previous studies suggested that both light exposure and visual acuity were associated with cognitive function, the relationships between cataract surgery, visual acuity, and cognitive function have not been evaluated in large populations. In this cross-sectional study, we m...

AIMS To compare anatomical and functional outcomes for 546 phakic and pseudophakic primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RDs) treated by pars plana vitrectomy or scleral buckling. METHODS Prospective, non-randomised, interventional study in 15 centres in Spain and Portugal, with data from RDs consecutively treated from January 2005 to May 2007. Cases with preoperative proliferative vitr...

Early elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) following pars plana vitrectomy is a common complication of vitreoretinal surgery and severe pressure elevation may result in visual loss. To investigate the mechanism of IOP elevation following pars plana vitrectomy, a retrospective review of 119 patients (132 eyes) who had undergone vitreoretinal surgery was performed. Ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) w...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relation between retinal tears and scleral ectasia. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING University-based referral practice in Montreal. PATIENTS Fifty-seven consecutive patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachments undergoing scleral buckling surgery. Patients with a history of trauma or previous cryotherapy, laser treatment or other vitreoretinal proce...

Using radioimmunoassay techniques, we measured the amounts of prostaglandin E (PGE) in the aqueous humor and vitreous body of 22 phakic and ten aphakic rabbit eyes. Either epinephrine and placebo, epinephrine and indomethacin, indomethacin and placebo, or placebo and placebo were administered topically for 5 months. Treatment of aphakic eyes was initiated 1 month after intracapsular lens extrac...

BACKGROUND To compare scleral buckling (SB) and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) using a wide angle viewing system (WAVS) for uncomplicated phakic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). METHODS The medical records of patients with uncomplicated phakic RRD were retrospectively reviewed. Eyes with pseudophakic or attached fovea were excluded. Patients treated with SB were classified as group B, an...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and postoperative complications of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK) for treating iridocorneal endothelial (ICE) syndrome in phakic eyes. METHODS Retrospective noncomparative interventional case series. Seven consecutive patients (7 eyes) having ICE syndrome with clear or mildly opaque lens were treated using DLEK and were followed up for 9 to 20...

PURPOSE To assess the change in ocular surface temperature between healthy phakic and pseudophakic patients. METHODS We included patients with no history of ocular disease other than cataract. Patients were divided into three groups: clear lens, cataract, and pseudophakic. All patients had two ocular surface digital thermal scans. An average of five surface points was used as the mean ocular ...