BACKGROUND To evaluate the visual outcome following cataract surgery with pupillary sphincterotomy in eyes with coexisting corneal opacity. METHODS Patients with leucomatous corneal opacity with significant cataract were enrolled for the study. The uncorrected visual acuity and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) were recorded and the anterior segment was thoroughly evaluated by a slit lamp b...

PURPOSE To analyze the rate of intraoperative complications, reoperations, and endophthalmitis with phacoemulsification, manual small-incision cataract surgery (SICS), and large-incision extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE). SETTING Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS This study comprised consecutive cataract surgeries performed during a 12...

BACKGROUND Cataract surgery is constantly evolving and various procedures having their merits and demerits are practiced by ophthalmologists all over the world. The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety, efficacy, visual outcome and complications of sutureless manual extracapsular cataract extraction (SMECE) in the management of patients with black cataracts using envelop anterior ...

purpose : to quantitatively evaluate cataract surgeries performed between 2000 and 2005 at farabi eye hospital , tehran university of medical sciences methods : this retrospective study aimed at patients who had cataract and underwent surgery at farabi eye hospital , tehran from 2000 to 2005. one week per season per year was randomly selected after excluding the first two weeks of the persian y...

We describe a patient with Chandler's syndrome variant of the iridocorneal endothelial syndrome in whom ectopic Descemet's membrane was found intraoperatively on the anterior surface of the lens. Initially, the membrane was confused with the anterior lens capsule during extracapsular cataract extraction, leading to the performance of a pseudocapsulorrhexis. Electron microscopy disclosed that th...

Background: Dry eye syndrome is a multifactorial disease of pre-corneal tear film that results in ocular discomfort, visual disturbance and instability, with potential damage to the surface. The aim work was evaluate surface alterations related cataract surgery either phacoemulsification or extracapsular extraction surgeries.
 Methods: This prospective observational study included 60 patie...

The benefits of Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy on visual performance were evaluated in 13 patients with after-cataract following extracapsular cataract extraction. Besides clinical evaluation we measured: visual acuity, letter contrast sensitivity with and without the presence of a circular glare source (glare angle: 8 degrees). Finally, the patients were asked to evaluate their subjective glare prob...

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...