OBJECTIVES To compare the results of phaco-emulsification cataract surgery and manual small-incision cataract surgery. METHODS Consecutive patients aged >50 years undergoing surgery for age-related cataract were recruited into a randomised prospective clinical trial. Randomisation was done using opaque sequentially numbered envelopes opened by the surgeon immediately prior to surgery. The pat...

purpose : to compare the outcomes of coaxial microincision phacoemulsification with that of conventional coaxial phacoemulsification setting: department of ophthalmology, farabi and noor eye hospitals, tehran, iran methods : in a prospective study, 74 eyes of 74 patients with cataract were randomly selected to have cataract extraction using 1 of 2 techniques: coaxial microincision phacoemulsifi...

BACKGROUND an effective method for cataract surgery should be identified to combat cataract blindness. AIM to study the surgical outcome of conventional extracapsular cataract extraction versus manual small-incision cataract surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS a randomized clinical trial was carried out including one hundred eyes (88 patients) which were divided into two groups using systematic ...

PURPOSE To compare the effects of biaxial microincision cataract surgery (B-MICS) and microcoaxial cataract surgery (C-MICS) techniques on corneal optical quality. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this prospective study, 40 eyes underwent B-MICS and 40 eyes C-MICS. Corneal aberrations were derived from conversion of the corneal elevation profile into corneal wavefront data with 6.0  mm aperture diame...

Introduction In today’s world of nano-technology where bigger no longer means better, everything from smartphones to surgical incisions are getting smaller and more refined. The advantages of smaller surgical incision have resulted in faster postoperative recovery. Vitreoretinal surgery is no exception. We have come a long way since the time of open sky vitrectomy and Machemer’s first 17-gauge ...

BACKGROUND This is a report of 2 cases of fungal wound infection after cataract surgery (phacoemulsification). Both patients were noticed to have the fungal wound infection at the one-month follow-up after the surgery. OBSERVATIONS Although both patients had been advised to taper steroid containing antibiotic eye drops, they failed to do so. Despite intensive treatment with antifungal eye dro...

Material and Methods: A prospective study was performed on 144 eyes of 132 patients. They were operated upon for cataract between 12/01/2007 and 31/12/2012 by a single eye surgeon at a private set up. Follow up period was from 6 month to five years (mean 33 months). The patients included in this study, underwent cataract surgery by phacoemulsification through 3.2 mm superotemporal clear corneal...