OBJECTIVE To evaluate visual acuity outcomes after cataract surgery in persons with varying degrees of severity of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN Cohort study. PARTICIPANTS A total of 1232 eyes of 793 participants who underwent cataract surgery during the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2, a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial of nutritional supplements for t...

PURPOSE Vitrectomy, when followed by cataract surgery, increases the risk of open-angle glaucoma. This study was conducted in patients to determine whether these procedures are associated with increased exposure of the trabecular meshwork to oxygen. METHODS Oxygen distribution was recorded with a fiberoptic probe in patients undergoing surgery for cataract, glaucoma, or retinal disease. pO(2)...

Cataract is a clouding of the eye’s natural lens, normally due to natural aging changes, and involving at least half of the population over 65 years. Cataract extraction is the only solution for restoring a clear vision, and nowadays is probably the most frequently practiced surgical procedure. This paper describes a novel virtual reality simulation system for cataract surgery training, involvi...

PURPOSE To evaluate unexpected, acute intraocular anterior segment inflammation following uneventful cataract extraction by phacoemulsification and foldable posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) implantation. METHODS This retrospective study evaluated five cases of postoperative inflammation that occurred after cataract extraction with foldable PCIOL implantation. Medical records were re...

Background: Childhood blindness is one of the priority eye diseases within the disease controls strategy of the “VISION 2020”initiative. Aim: To evaluate postoperative visual status for distance and near after paediatric cataract surgery. Materials and Methods: It is a hospital based retrospective and prospective medical record retrieval type of cohort study. A review of paediatric cataract cas...

The results of congenital cataract extraction were evaluated in 108 patients (163 eyes) who underwent cataract surgery at the Department of Paediatric Opthalmology between 1985 and 1998. The outcome was assessed in terms of postoperative visual acuity and binocular vision. Fifty-one percent of the patients with bilateral aphakia and 47% with bilateral intraocular lens (IOL) implantation had a S...

BACKGROUND We studied the incidence and clinical characteristics of persistent diplopia related to anaesthesia for cataract surgery in a general hospital. METHODS This was a retrospective review of anaesthesia for 3587 cataract surgeries. Of all the cases of diplopia referred to the ocular motility clinic after cataract surgery, those involving anaesthesia-related diplopia lasting longer than...

PURPOSE To evaluate postoperative pain and early recovery in cataract patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 201 patients who underwent elective first eye cataract extraction surgery were enrolled, and 196 were included in the final analysis. The study design was a single-center, prospective, follow-up study in a tertiary hospital in eastern Finland. Postoperative pain was evaluated with t...

BACKGROUND Cataract surgery is constantly evolving. Purpose of this study was two folds: to estimate visual outcome and evaluate safety and efficacy of sutureless manual extra-capsular cataract extraction. METHODS This was a prospective, interventional case series, using sutureless manual extra capsular cataract surgery technique from June 2004 to January 2007 at Khyber Institute of Ophthalmi...