purpose: to assess the results of combined penetrating keratoplasty and cataract extraction by extracapsular extraction versus phacoemulsification and to compare outcomes and complications. methods: in this interventional retrospective study, 76 eyes that had undergone triple surgery were included. cataract surgery was done in two different methods of extracapsular extraction and phacoemulsific...

purpose: to compare the efficacy and safety of two local anesthetic methods; retrobulbar anesthesia and parabulbar anesthesia using ptfe intravenous cannula without needle in extracapsular cataract surgery. method: a randomized prospective partially blind study was conducted on 66 eyes of 66 patients with senile cataract who were scheduled for ecce and pc iol surgery. after randomization, 35 pa...

PURPOSE To evaluate the governmental costs of patients undergoing phacoemulsification and extracapsular cataract extraction at a public hospital in a developing country. METHODS A prospective study was conduced with 205 patients. The subjects were randomized for cataract surgery using either phacoemulsification or extracapsular cataract extraction techniques. RESULTS Of the 205 patients, 10...

The addition of edetic acid (EDTA) or trypsin to the infusion during a simulated extracapsular cataract extraction on cadaver eyes facilitates the removal of lens epithelial cells from the anterior capsule. Modification of the chemical composition of infusions used during extracapsular surgery may maximise lens epithelial cell removal and hence reduce the incidence of opacification of the poste...

PURPOSE To present the cataract surgery practice pattern among the ophthalmic surgeons in hospitals managed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Malaysia. DESIGN Secondary data analysis on Malaysian Cataract Surgery Registry (CSR). METHODS The Malaysian CSR collected data on cataract surgeries done at all the ophthalmology departments in MOH from year 2002 to 2004 (paper-based) and 2007 to 20...

purpose : to determine the distribution of cataract surgery in iran between 2000 and 2005 methods : in a retrospective study based on files, cataract surgery centers were selected. between 2000 and 2005, one week of each season was selected randomly and all cataract surgery files of the center were studied. the surgeries were analyzed based on type, types of the lenses, intraoperative complicat...

BACKGROUND Anterior chamber aspirates on completion of extracapsular cataract surgery contain significant numbers of organisms, particularly coagulase negative staphylococci, an important cause of endophthalmitis. METHODS Culture rates were compared in 50 patients after phacoemulsification surgery, which allows the possible benefits of a small, self sealing wound and maintenance of positive i...

We report a case of a 58-year-old man presenting with a spontaneous and late in-the-bag intraocular lens dislocation to the vitreous. A previous uneventful extracapsular cataract extraction with can-opener style capsulotomy and implantation of a polymethylmethacrylate three-piece lens was performed and, two years after the surgery, the patient developed capsule contraction syndrome with a fibro...

Method: Cataract surgery was performed after controlling the intraocular pressure in patients presenting with acute phacomorphic glaucoma. Intraocular lenses were inserted in the bag after conventional extracapsular cataract extraction. Patients with minimum follow up of one year were analyzed for the study. Corrected visual acuity, intraocular pressure and any complications of surgery were rec...