CONTEXT Although cigarette smoking has been shown to be a risk factor for age-related cataract, data are inconclusive on the risk of cataract in individuals who quit smoking. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between smoking cessation and incidence of age-related cataract. DESIGN Prospective cohort study conducted from 1982 through 1997, with an average follow-up of 13.6 years. SETTING...

CASE REPORTS We report two cases of delayed spontaneous hypotony associated with choroidal detachment and hypotony maculopathy. Both patients had undergone uneventful cataract extractions 10 and 6 years prior to the occurrence of apparently spontaneous hypotony. Trabeculectomy was combined with phacoemulsification in one of them. Both had been receiving timolol at the time of presentation. DI...

Physicians may respond to fee reductions in a variety of ways. This episode-of-care analysis examines the impact of surgical fee reductions (mandated by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Acts [OBRAs] of 1986-87) on the overall pattern and cost of health care services provided in association with the surgical procedure itself. The study focuses on six procedure groups: cataract extractions; tota...

PURPOSE To study the lenticular problems in children presenting at an apex institute. METHODS Retrospective analysis of records (< 14 years) of new lens clinic cases was done. RESULTS Of 1,047 children, 687 were males. Mean age at presentation was 6.35 ± 4.13 years. Developmental cataract was seen in 45.6% and posttraumatic cataract in 29.7% of patients. Other abnormalities were cataract wi...

PURPOSE To evaluate the long-term visual outcomes and complications of cataract surgery in eyes previously treated for retinoblastoma. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation at Seoul National University Children's Hospital for a secondary cataract that developed after retinoblastoma treatment. RESULTS During th...

purpose: to evaluate the outcomes and complications of phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation (pe+pciol) in patients with congenital iris coloboma. methods: in a prospective noncomparative interventional case series, 13 eyes of 9 patients (six female and three male) with congenital iris coloboma and cataract underwent pe+pciol using clear corneal incision and in...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe changes over time in the indications and outcomes of cataract surgery and to discuss optimal timing for the surgery. Design: Database study. Participants: Patients who had undergone cataract extraction in the Netherlands, Sweden, or Malaysia from 2008 through 2012. Methods: We analyzed preoperative, surgical, and postoperative data from 2 databases...

Purpose. To compare the feasibility of cataract surgery with implantation of endocapsular supporting devices and intraocular lens (IOL) in subluxated cataract in phacoemulsification and manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS). Design. Prospective randomized intervention case series consisting of 60 eyes with visually significant subluxated cataract. Method. The patients were randomly dis...

background : phacoemulsification is one of the best surgical treatments for the cataract. secondary to the technicaladvances in estimating the intraocular lens (iol) power, the refractive errors, one of the most important surgical complications after surgery, is now reduced. currently, two methods of biometry are used to calculate the iol power, ultrasound biometry and optical biometry. both me...