A 2-month-old, 110-kg Saddlebred filly presented for evaluation of bilateral cataracts. A hypermature cataract in the left eye (OS) and an incipient nuclear cataract in the right eye (OD) were diagnosed. Electroretinography and ocular ultrasound revealed no contraindications for surgical removal of the cataractous lens OS. Phacoemulsification and implantation of a +14 diopter (D) intraocular le...

Intraocular lenses (IOLs) are designed for implantation for vision correction following cataract removal. The IOL typically replaces a cataractous natural lens that exhibits very high levels of light scattering. The amount of scattering is significantly reduced with an IOL, though it is rarely quantified and both the surface and the bulk of the intraocular lens may contribute to light scatter a...

PURPOSE To evaluate visual outcomes following implantation of a trifocal diffractive intraocular lens (IOL) and to analyze their correlation with patient satisfaction and ease of performing daily tasks. METHODS This was a prospective study enrolling 100 eyes of 50 patients undergoing cataract surgery with implantation of trifocal IOL AT LISA tri 839MP. Visual and refractive outcomes were eval...

A 79-year-old hyperglycemic patient was referred to the 'Santa Maria delle Croci' Hospital, Ravenna, Italy. He presented with visual impairment in the right eye. Four years ago, he had had an uneventful cataract surgery in the right eye. We observed an opacification of the intraocular lens (IOL) causing significant visual disturbance. The IOL was exchanged. Unfortunately, pathologic analysis wa...

Until recently, the pursuit of emmetropia in patients with astigmatism (around 30% of the population) was infeasible since the only intraocular lenses available on the market were designed to correct myopia or hyperopia. However, with the new toric lens designs now available, a patient’s cataract, myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism can all be corrected by means of a simple, safe operation follow...

We report the correction of aphakia using an iris-claw, aphakic intraocular lens (IOL) fixated in a retropupillary location in a 17-year-old young man who suffered blunt trauma to his eye 5 months after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). There were no intraoperative complications. At 21 months after implantation, the patient's uncorrected distance visual acuity was 20/28; his corrected distance vi...

purpose: to report the outcomes of combined aniridic intraocular lens (iol) implantation via scleral fixation and penetrating keratoplasty (pkp) in three patients.  methods: this study included 3 patients who required pkp and had aniridia and/or aphakia requiring iol implantation. all subjects underwent aniridic iol scleral fixation after vitrectomy and removal of capsular remnants followed by ...

BACKGROUND To report a patient with penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) graft endothelial failure implanted with toric intraocular lens (IOL) who was treated with Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). CASE PRESENTATION A 40 year old male patient implanted with toric intraocular lens for the treatment of post PKP astigmatism, presented for the treatment of graft endothelial failure'....

Purpose To evaluate and compare the changes in refraction and effective intraocular lens (IOL) position between a plate-haptic IOL and a c-loop single-piece IOL after neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) laser posterior capsulotomy. Methods In a prospective study, anterior chamber depth and subjective refraction were measured in 110 pseudophakic eyes from 110 patients, before and 1 ...

PURPOSE To quantify the current accuracy limits, analyze the residual errors, and propose the next steps for prediction accuracy improvements. SETTING Eye hospitals in Germany, Denmark, and Austria. METHOD Numerical ray tracing using manufacturer's intraocular lens (IOL) data (vertex radii, central thickness, refractive index) was used for all calculations. Postoperative lens position was p...