AIM To determine the risk factors for acute endophthalmitis after cataract extraction in a tertiary care centre in India. METHODS We performed a nested case control study within a retrospective cohort. The surgical records of all patients with clinically diagnosed endophthalmitis within one month after cataract surgery, performed between January 2006 and December 2009, were reviewed. These we...

During the last years, cataract surgery has taken a refractive tendency, especially since the appearance of artificial crystalline lenses, which give multifocality, asphericity, and toricity. This trend has given birth to the term of „refractive cataract surgery”. The refractive cataract surgery may be defined as the surgery of cataract with a double purpose: to improve vision and the reduce sp...

A cataract surgery technique is described in which incisions, continuous circular capsulorhexis and hydrodissection are made without the use of any viscoelastics. Two small incisions are created through which the different parts of the procedure can take place, maintaining a stable anterior chamber under continuous irrigation. Subsequent bimanual phacoemulsification can be done through these mi...

Aim: To compare the efficacy of peribulbar with topical anaesthesia using Lignocaine 2% drops and jelly in manual small incision cataract surgery by quantitatively assessing both, the pain scores of the patient and the surgeon’s satisfaction. Materials and Methods: This was a randomized comparative study. The first 150 eyes of 148 patients were chosen. They were operated by two experienced surg...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the effects of nepafenac ophthalmic suspension 0.1% (Nevanac) and diclofenac sodium ophthalmic solution 0.1% (Diclod) on the cornea, tear film, and ocular surface after cataract surgery. METHODS A total of 60 eyes (60 patients) were selected for this study, with no ocular diseases other than cataract (scheduled for cataract surgery by one surgeo...

The use of femtosecond lasers has created an evolution in modern corneal and refractive surgery. With accuracy, safety, and repeatability, eye surgeons can utilize the femtosecond laser in almost all anterior refractive procedures; laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE), penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), insertion of intracorneal ring segments, anterior ...

INTRODUCTION In manual, tunnel-incision cataract surgery, nucleus extraction has remained a crucial issue and a challenge. It is also the period when serious complications easily occur, especially for beginners and when the nucleus is large and dense. OBJECTIVES To report a modified vectis technique for nucleus extraction in sutureless, manual, small-incision cataract surgery (MSICS) to impro...

Dear Sir, I t is known that cataract surgery is challenging in vitrectomized eyes. Cataract surgeons may have encountered with posterior capsular complications and nucleus drop events even with minimal ocular manipulations and low irrigation bottle height. Inadvertent damage to the zonular fibers, posterior or peripheral lens capsule with ocutome or microvitreoretinal (MVR) blade in previous su...