During the last decade ophthalmic surgeons have shown increasing interest in absorbable sutures, though a large body of opinion still favours silk and synthetic fibres. Hitherto, prejudice against catgut centred in the uncertainty of tissue reaction, wound healing, and absorption, and physical defects such as brittleness and unsuitable needles. The change of outlook follows improved manufacturi...

To date a number of techniques have been used for cataract surgery. However phacoemulsification is the most common method. Other methods such as intraand extracapsular cataract extraction, mini-nuc, phacosection, sandwich and phaconit have also been used by many surgeons. Over the years, the techniques of cataract surgery have evolved into a safe and successful procedure for visual rehabilitati...

PURPOSE To describe two patients with Behçet's disease who underwent cataract surgery one week after infliximab administration. METHODS Patients received preoperative antibiotic therapy with 0.5% levofloxacin eye drops and 500 mg levofloxacin oral tablets, followed by cataract surgery one week after infliximab administration. We observed ocular findings following cataract surgery, phacoemulsi...

introduction: cataract is an opacified lens and senile cataract is a common disorder. it is desirable to reduce intraocular pressure (iop) in order to minimize intra and post operative difficulties and complications. many researches have studied the effects of muscle relaxants on iop. comparison effect of atracurium and pancuronium on iop has been evaluated in one study with a small sample size...

AIM To describe cataract surgical services in 1998 in 12 eastern European countries and to identify their needs to reduce cataract blindness. METHODS All inpatient eye departments in the 12 countries received a standardised questionnaire; the data obtained were further processed at the coordinating centre in Prague. RESULTS All 458 eye departments in the region were involved. The response r...