UNI-OCULAR ZONULAR CATARACT

Cataract Surgery Eyes with Zonular Weakness

IOP PXF is the most common identifiable cause of openangle glaucoma (OAG).2 Roughly 20% of cases of this disease are associated with PXF, and approximately 30% to 50% of patients with PXF develop glaucoma. Surgeons have come to recognize that uncomplicated phacoemulsification has a beneficial effect on IOP in eyes with OAG, and this effect extends to eyes with PXF. In a series of more than 1,00...

Cataract Surgery Eyes with Zonular Weakness

D uring the last decade, the intraoperative use of various devices—including those for the shortand long-term support of the pupil, capsule, and zonules—has revolutionized the treatment of eyes with zonular laxity or focal zonular absence. Intraoperatively, surgeons use both temporary and permanent implantable devices as well as ophthalmic viscosurgical devices (OVDs). The combination of these ...

A case of familial dwarfism, with choroideremia, myopia, posterior polar cataract, and zonular cataract.

Cataract surgery in ocular cicatricial pemphigoid.

The authors report the results of their experience with cataract surgery in 20 patients (26 eyes) with biopsy-proven cicatricial pemphigoid. All patients were on systemic immunosuppression at the time of surgery (dapsone, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, or combinations) and were treated with perioperative oral corticosteroids. Patients were evaluated pre- and postoperatively for conjunctival in...

Choice of Ocular NSAIDS after Cataract Surgery

Context: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relative clinical efficacies of commonly used Ophthalmic NSAIDs following Small Incision Cataract Surgery with foldable PCIOL Implantation in an Indian setting, specially looking at the intra-operative pupil size, post -operative pain, discomfort, foreign body sensation and anterior chamber inflammatory cells ,flare grading and post-oper...