PURPOSE To analyze the indications for explantation or exchange of intraocular lenses (IOLs), which were originally implanted for the correction of aphakia during cataract extraction. METHODS All cases that involved intraocular lens explantation or exchange in one institution between January 2008 and December 2014 were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS In total, 93 eyes of 93 patients were ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the Ahmed valve for decrease elevated pressure associated with black diaphragm lenses for aniridia. METHODS Drainage devices are useful to obtain good control of intraocular pressure in patients with aniridia and the authors often use them because of the poor results of medical therapy or filtering surgery. However, when the elevated intraocular pressure is associated with...

Cataract is one of the most common and visually debilitating complications of pediatric uveitis. It develops as a consequence of chronic inflammation and steroid use and is seen most often in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis. Cataract extraction with intraocular lens (IOL) insertion has been carried out with a measure of success in non-uveitic pediatric eyes, but in cases ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW There is a suggestion of increased risk or progression of age-related macular degeneration after cataract surgery, which is related to the increased exposure of the retina to short-wavelength light. RECENT FINDINGS Cell culture and animal work has described retinal and retinal pigment epithelium phototoxicity on acute light exposure. Clinical studies suggest that the use of ...

This paper continues the assessment of the long-term merits and problems of intraocular acrylic lenses which was started by a consideration of the value of the Binkhorst iris clip lens in aphakia by Pearce (I972). The reduced degree of aniseikonia and the better opportunity for binocular vision when uniocular aphakia is corrected by an intraocular lens implant was emphasized by Girard, Friedman...