BACKGROUND Fungal infections of self-sealing corneal incisions in cataract surgery are scarce. We report a case of Alternaria keratitis, several weeks after uneventful clear-cornea phacoemulsification. FINDINGS A 42-year-old woman, with a history of retinitis pigmentosa, complained of painful red right eye, 45 days after uneventful self-sealing clear-cornea phacoemulsification. Slit-lamp exam...

BACKGROUND Neonatal bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis is rare and often results in devastating visual outcome. FINDINGS An 18-day-old neonate presented with whitening of the cornea in the left eye. The child was examined under anesthesia, and a diagnosis of bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis was made. Vitreous biopsy from the left eye showed no growth. Blood samples showed growth of Stap...

To the Editor: Descemet detachment in cataract surgery can compromise visual results and implicate the need for more surgical procedures.1 Since 2009, when femtosecond laserassisted cataract surgery (FLACS) was first introduced, only one case of Descemet detachment has been reported in a study assessing intraoperative complication rates, and it is not clear whether the detachment was caused by ...

PURPOSE The point of interest of this retrospective case review is to study refractive changes caused by the hinged lamellar keratotomy and the refractive outcome after laser ablation in a second step within the scope of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in patients with penetrating keratoplasty. METHODS Data from eight patients obtained before lamellar keratotomy, before laser ablation, a...

PURPOSE To compare a transconjunctival single-plane sclerocorneal incision with 2 tiny conjunctival cuts at both ends and a clear corneal incision (CCI) in cataract surgery. SETTING Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. METHODS Patients having routine cataract surgery were randomly divided into 2 groups based on incision type; th...

Intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) were 16-40% of open globe trauma and could cause severe visual loss. Therefore, they require immediate diagnosis treatment. This is a case an 18-year-old man who came to the hospital complaining metal piercing in his left eye while cutting some about 2 hours before entering hospital. On ophthalmologic examination, acuity was 3/60, full-thickness laceration cor...

A 60-year-old Muslim female was admitted to hospital on January 1, 1965, with the complaint of a gradually increasing mass over the cornea of the left eye for the last 8 years. There was no history of venereal disease, chronic septic foci, or tuberculosis. Examination.-Her general health was normal; the liver and spleen were not enlarged. The lids of the left eye were normal. A growth covered t...

The modeling of corneal tissue cutting is essential in developing haptic training simulators and robot-assisted surgeries. A finite element model was developed for the ovine process validated with an experimental setup first time. measured force pre-cutting, cutting, relaxation phases. mechanical behavior incision modeled by method. test built to conduct experiments on 32 fresh well-preserved c...

Endothelial cell loss is a key indicator of the quality anterior segment surgery like cataract surgery. The amount and integrity corneal endothelial cells are two most essential factors determining transparency. Aim this study was to compare between superior scleral tunnel incision temporal clear for phacoemulsification. Prospective observational study. This prospective included 50 patients wit...