purpose: to report the development of cataract after corneal damage by dungle beetle prongs. case report: a 28 year-old man, resident of the village chah setareh, sabzevar, presented complaining of trauma to the right eye with the dangle beetle while motorcycling. slit lamp examination revealed six corneal perforations, hyphema (50% of anterior chamber) percent, iris sphincter rupture, and rupt...

BACKGROUND Microspherophakia is characterized by lenticular myopia, late development of lens dislocation, shallow anterior chamber and angle-closure glaucoma. If it is associated with angle closure glaucoma, the management can be challenging. OBJECTIVE To report the management of a case of bilateral secondary angle closure glaucoma with isolated microspherophakia and right subluxated lens in ...

purpose: to describe a case with a rare complication of posterior chamber intraocular lens (pc-iol) implantation in a patient who had undergone extracapsular cataract extraction (ecce) two years before case report: a 80-year-old diabetic woman presented with an exposed pc-iol in her left eye with a history of mechanical trauma. slit-lamp examination revealed an extruded pc-iol lied on the anter...

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical indications and postoperative results of iris-sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens implants performed during penetrating keratoplasty. METHODS Medical records were retrospectively reviewed for preoperative indications and postoperative results of 342 consecutive patients (366 eyes) who underwent iris suturing of a posterior chamber intraocular lens impla...

purpose: to compare the results of three-piece and one- piece hydrophobic acrylic posterior chamber intraocular lens (iol) with poly methyl metacrylate (pmma) iol implanted during lensectomy, posterior capsulotomy and anterior vitrectomy for congenital or developmental cataract. methods: this is a historical cohort study conducted on patients with congenital or developmental cataract who underw...

BACKGROUND Anterior segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT) was used to categorize and provide insights into the etiology of capsular bag distension syndrome (CBDS). METHODS A prospective review was undertaken of 10 cases who presented with signs of late CBDS 5-11 years after uneventful phacoemulsification with in-the-bag posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. RESULTS All 10 ...

Abbreviations: UGH: Uveitis-Glaucoma-Hyphema; IOL: Intraocular Lens; ACIOL: Anterior Chamber Intraocular Lens; PCIOL: Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens; GCA: Giant Cell Arteritis; NVI: Neovascularization of the Iris; YAG: Yttrium Aluminum Garnet; OD: Right Eye; OS: Left Eye; HbA1c: Hemoglobin A1C; PEE: Punctate Epithelial Erosion; IEI: Illinois Eye Institute; QD: 1 time a day; BID: 2 times a d...

47 For more than 2 decades, anterior chamber IOLs (AC IOLs) and for more than a decade scleral-fixated posterior chamber (PC) IOLs has been predominant type of lens used in secondary IOL implantation in the absence of capsule support. For the past decade surgeons around the globe have also tried sulcus fixation of a standard PC IOL as a treatment modality in cases with nucleus or IOL drop with ...

Objective. To compare patient's satisfaction level in performing routine activities during daylight and night vision after implantation with rigid, foldable, or rollable posterior chamber intraocular lens implants in uneventful cataract surgery. Design. Retrospective, cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study. PNS SHIFA Hospital, Karachi, from Nov. 2009 to Nov. 2010. Methodology. 91 cataract...