OBJECTIVE To determine the intraoperative and early postoperative complications of manual sutureless cataract extraction. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Redo Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from January 2009 to December 2010. METHODOLOGY Three hundred patients of cataract through purposive non-probability sampling were selected. The patients underwent manual sut...

CASE REPORT A 61-year-old pseudophakic male with recurrent blurred vision episodes associated with uveitis, hyphema, glaucoma and vitreous hemorrhage. Iris transillumination defects and apposition of the optic and iris were found. The patient was diagnosed with Uveitis-Glaucoma-Hyphema (UGH) Syndrome. DISCUSSION Mechanical irritation of the iris is a consequence of intraocular lens malpositio...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this article is to evaluate and review the scientific literature on pediatric ocular trauma from the past several years. Recent advancements have recognized mechanisms of injury that may be unique to children, require different treatment course than adults, and raise multiple public health concerns. RECENT FINDINGS Epidemiologic studies have shown that ocular trau...

PURPOSE To report a case of iris non-Hodgkin lymphoma initially thought to be uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema (UGH) syndrome. METHODS We reviewed the clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic findings in a patient with recurrent hyphemas and increased ocular pressure who eventually was found to have a rapidly growing iris mass. RESULTS An 89-year-old man with a history of cataract extraction and...

Airbags indeed reduce the risk of injury and death in motor vehicle accidents, however, ocular injury induced by airbag deployment has been reported. From 1999 to 2001, medical records were retrospectively reviewed for patients with severe ocular injury related to airbag inflation at Taipei Veterans General Hospital. The ocular presentation, clinical course, management and visual outcome were r...

OBJECTIVE To describe the spectrum of ocular injuries and associated visual morbidity in the pediatric and adolescent population caused by bottle rockets. METHODS Retrospective review of consecutive medical records of patients 18 years or younger seen during a recent 4-year period. Outcome measures were ocular injuries at time of visit, interventions required, visual acuity at most recent fol...

Epsilon-aminocaproic acid (EACA) decreases rebleeding in traumatic hyphema through antifibrinolytic activity. Therapeutic levels were achieved in aqueous humor of rabbits after topical application. Aqueous humor EACA levels were significantly higher after pretreatment with 0.5% proparacaine. Use of EACA (60%) in a carboxypolymethylene (CPM) vehicle (0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, and 4%) was examined. Aqueo...