Senile cataract is the leading cause of severe vision loss and blindness worldwide, affecting approximately 20 million people. Anterior chamber intraocular lens (AC IOLs) remain a surgical option for visual rehabilitation required after surgical extraction of the cataract lens. Relevant publications in the PUBMED database were searched for articles regarding the types, visual outcomes and the c...

Peribulbar and retrobulbar anaesthesia are commonly used techniques in cataract extraction. They offer satisfactory analgesia and akinesia but serious complications although uncommon are consistently reported. Intravenous sedation combined with a facial nerve block offers an alternative method of anaesthesia. This is a retrospective study of patients who underwent extracapsular cataract extract...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the use of flexible iris retractors in four patients with zonular dialysis occurring during cataract surgery. METHODS We describe the use of flexible iris retractors to stretch and fixate the capsulorhexis over the zonular dehiscence sector for patients with traumatic zonular disruption occurring during phacoemulsification, which stabilizes th...

OBJECTIVE To determine the intraoperative and early postoperative complications of manual sutureless cataract extraction. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Redo Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from January 2009 to December 2010. METHODOLOGY Three hundred patients of cataract through purposive non-probability sampling were selected. The patients underwent manual sut...

Cataract in diabetic patients is a major cause of blindness in developed and developing countries. The pathogenesis of diabetic cataract development is still not fully understood. Recent basic research studies have emphasized the role of the polyol pathway in the initiation of the disease process. Population-based studies have greatly increased our knowledge concerning the association between d...

OBJECTIVES To determine the reported incidence of acute endophthalmitis following cataract extraction over time and to explore possible contributing factors, such as type of cataract incision. METHODS A systematic review of English-language articles was conducted by performing a broad search of PubMed from 1963 through March 2003 using such terms as cataract extraction, endophthalmitis, and p...

MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective 5-year study based on general and ophthalmic history records, and including 268 eyes (174 patients), aged 50 years and over. Ophthalmological examination involved visual acuity, measuring of intraocular pressure, slit lamp examination and indirect ophthalmoscopy. Type of surgical treatment was tailored for each patient (extra capsular cataract extraction, phac...