OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of posterior capsulotomy on macular thickness, intraocular pressure and endothelial cell loss in pseudophakic patients with posterior capsule opacification using the other eye of every patient as a control. METHODS An observational prospective study was conducted on 31 pseudophakic patients with posterior capsular opacification in one eye, using the other eye...

7 Post-operative complications (Sequelae). There may be early or late complications. Persistent inflammation in the early post-operative period and posterior capsule opacification in the late period can adversely affect visual results. To avoid or minimise these, a cataract surgeon should take particular care in post-operative follow-up, with early detection and treatment of complications. Rout...

Purpose We improve the intraocular open-capsule devices (IOCD) for the prevention of posterior capsule opacification (PCO). Methods A total of 45 New Zealand rabbit eyes were divided into six similar groups after crystalline lens evacuation. Each group was implanted with a hydrophilic intraocular lens (IOL) and a hydrophilic IOCD of different designs. In the first experiment (Part A), a squar...

PURPOSE After intraocular lens (IOL) implant surgery for cataract, cell growth on the posterior capsule is responsible for renewed visual impairment in approximately 30% of patients. The authors have, therefore, developed a human lens capsule system to study this growth in vitro. METHODS Sham cataract surgery, including anterior capsulorhexis, nucleus hydroexpression, and aspiration of lens f...

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the clinical outcomes of AcrySof PanOptix intra-ocular lens and AT LISA tri 839MP trifocal IOL, 6 months after cataract surgery. Patients Methods: retrospective cohort evaluated patients who underwent bilateral surgery with diffractive IOL implantation. were divided into two groups based on model implanted ( IOL; IOL). Study parameters noted preoperatively (...

After-cataract, or posterior lens capsule opacification, is an undesirable but common sequela to extracapsular cataract surgery. We are investigating biochemical means to prevent after-cataract formation, which can be applied at the time of the original surgery. Based on similar research efforts in cancer chemotherapy, we have prepared a conjugate of the antimetabolic agent methotrexate with an...

Purpose. To evaluate efficacy and safety of primary vitrectorhexis for posterior capsulotomy in highly myopic patients undergoing refractive lens exchange. Methods. The study is a prospective nonrandomized interventional study. The study comprised 60 eyes of 60 myopic patients. All patients underwent refractive lens exchange (RLE) and foldable IOL implantation combined with primary posterior ca...