AIM To compare the optical outcomes of biaxial microincision cataract surgery (B-MICS) versus coaxial small-incision cataract surgery (C-SICS). METHODS Thirty patients (sixty eyes) with bilateral age-related cataract underwent B-MICS through a 1.7 mm clear corneal incision (CCI) in one eye and C-SICS through a 2.8-mm CCI in the other eye. Every eye was implanted with a micro-incision aspheric...

PURPOSE To elucidate factors contributing to corneal complications after vitrectomy in diabetic patients. METHODS The records of a series of 129 diabetic patients (202 eyes) who underwent pars plana vitrectomy performed by a single surgeon between March 1997 and February 1999 were analyzed retrospectively. Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine possible factors contributing t...

purpose: to compare clinical and confocal scan outcomes after descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (dsaek) performed for fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy versus pseudophakic bullous keratopathy. methods: in this retrospective comparative study, 47 consecutive eyes of 39 patients with the diagnosis of fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy (n=29, group 1) or pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (...

purpose: to evaluate the visual outcomes and complications of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (dlek) for management of corneal endothelial disorders. methods: from 2003 to 2005, nine eyes of nine patients with severe bullous keratopathy due to endothelial dysfunction underwent dlek. uncorrected (ucva) and best-corrected (bcva) visual acuity were evaluated pre- and one week, 1, 3 and 6 mo...

Cystoid macular edema (CME) is a major cause of decreased vision after complicated or uncomplicated cataract surgery. This paper reviews the use of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injection for treatment of pseudophakic CME. In a literature search of all articles available on Medline and Scopus databases, 11 studies including one prospective and 4 retrospective studies, 4 case reports, one lette...

The relationship between corneal edema and hydrogel lens oxygen transmissibility was examined for both daily and extended contact lens wear by measuring the corneal swelling response induced by a variety of contact lenses over a 36-hr wearing period. The relationships derived enable average edema levels that occur with daily and extended wear in a population of normal young adults to be predict...

PURPOSE To test our hypothesis about whether there is water migration in the horizontal corneal plane and investigate its developmental mechanism. METHODS A fluorescein solution was intrastromally injected into normal and edematous corneas of rabbits, and the movement of the fluorescein solution was observed and recorded over time. RESULTS In normal corneas, the water flow was characterized...

BACKGROUND Rhegmatogenous Retinal detachment (RRD) is relatively unusual in general population: annual incidence is 1:10,000. Objective of this study was to compare the anatomical and functional outcome of primary retinal re-attachment surgery in phakic and pseudophakic eyes. METHODS A case series comparative study was carried out at Al-Ibrahim Eye Hospital, Karachi from July 2008 to June 200...