purpose: to evaluate the effect of phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens (pciol) implantation on intraocular pressure (iop) in eyes with chronic angle-closure glaucoma. methods: twenty-two patients with chronic angle-closure glaucoma (cacg) and visually significant cataract were included in our study. all were underwent phacoemulsification and pciol implantation. iop, depth...

OBJECTIVES To investigate differences in surgical time, the distance the surgical instrument travelled and number of movements required to complete manual phacoemulsification cataract surgery versus femtosecond laser cataract surgery. DESIGN Non-randomised comparative case series. SETTING Single surgery site, Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK. PARTICIPANTS 40 cataract surgeries of 40 patients. ...

BACKGROUND Phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation has resulted in early visual rehabilitation, increased wound stability and improved refractive results. Viscoelastic substances (VES) are important adjuncts in this type of surgery. Use of VES in phacoemulsification can be associated with adverse effects, the most common and potentially dangerous of which is the transient ri...

PURPOSE To compare the performance of sonic phacoemulsification with that of ultrasonic phacoemulsification in regard to 1-day postoperative visual acuity, corneal edema, and procedure efficiency. SETTING Oregon Eye Institute, Eugene, Oregon, USA. METHODS This prospective nonrandomized study comprised 86 eyes with mild to moderate nuclear sclerotic cataract. Forty-three eyes had sonic and 4...

PURPOSE To compare the outcomes of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) with those of conventional phacoemulsification surgery (CPS) for age-related cataracts. METHODS A comprehensive literature search of PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register was conducted to identify randomized controlled trials (RCT) and comparative cohort studies comparing FLACS with CP...

Purpose. To study whether nurse led same-day review (SDR) after uneventful phacoemulsification can replace next-day review (NDR) in terms of safety and efficacy. Setting. Patients are recruited from an ophthalmology outpatient clinic in Hong Kong. Design. A prospective, randomized crossover study conducted from November 2012 to 2014. Methods. Inclusion criteria include cataract surgery naïve pa...

The aim of this study was to compare the correlation of features of cataracts graded by the Lens Opacities Classification System, version III (LOCS III) with recorded operative characteristics during the phacoemulsification. The retrospective study included 245 cases operated on by a single surgeon from October 2003 to March 2004. The cataract was graded at the biomicroscope using the 4 grading...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether the presence of glaucomatous optic neuropathy affects the reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) after phacoemulsification in postiridotomy eyes with primary narrow angles, and to evaluate the preoperative factors associated with postoperative IOP control in primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG). METHODS Patients with PACG undergoing phacoemulsification were...

PURPOSE To discuss the intraoperative and postoperative complications of combining phacoemulsification and foldable intraocular lens (IOL) implantation with pars plana vitrectomy in eyes with significant cataract and coexisting vitreoretinal diseases. METHODS This retrospective study consisted of 186 eyes of 149 patients with various vitreoretinal abnormalities and visually significant catara...

AIM To compare the intraoperative difficulty and postoperative outcome in patients who have white mature cataract in one eye and other types of senile cataract in the other eye undergoing clear corneal phacoemulsification and foldable intraocular lens implantation. METHODS 82 patients who had white mature cataract in one eye, posterior subcapsular, cortical, nuclear, or mixed type cataract in...