AIM To investigate the effect of the lens on outflow facility in Korean patients with cataracts. METHODS Intraocular pressure was measured by Goldmann applanation tonometry in 42 patients with cataracts and outflow facility was determined by tonography preoperatively, before and after instillation of pilocarpine. All patients received clear corneal phacoemulsification and silicone foldable in...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether texturing the optic edge of the intraocular lens reduces photic symptoms in patients with square-edged acrylic intraocular lense implants. METHODS Sixty patients underwent routine phacoemulsification performed by a single surgeon and were prospectively randomized to receive either the standard AcrySof MA30 intraocular lens (Alcon Laboratories, Ft Worth, Tex) (gr...

INTRODUCTION We report the case of a patient in whom simultaneous toric phakic intraocular lens removal and phacoemulsification with toric intraocular lens implantation were beneficial for reducing pre-existing astigmatism and acquiring good visual outcomes in eyes with implantable collamer lens-induced cataract and astigmatism. CASE PRESENTATION A 53-year-old woman had undergone toric implan...

INTRODUCTION Myopes are suspected to be poorer at responding to accommodative stimuli than emmetropes, and this may worsen the degree of their myopia. The study aims to compare the abilities of young adult emmetropes and myopes in responding to accommodative stimuli, as indicated by their Accommodation Stimulus Response Curves (ASRCs) in a predominantly Chinese population. MATERIALS AND METHO...

PURPOSE To evaluate the anterior segment biometric parameters of non-accommodative and accommodative refractive accommodative esotropia (RAE). METHODS Eighty-one eyes of 81 patients were included in this prospective, case-control study. The patients were divided into three groups as follows: the RAE group (n = 31), the hypermetropia group (n = 25), and the emmetropia group (n = 25). Measureme...

Accommodation may be restored to presbyopic lenses by refilling the lens capsular bag with a soft polymer. After this accommodative lens refilling prevention of capsular opacification is a requirement, since capsular opacification leads to a decreased clarity of the refilled lens. It has been hypothesized that capsular fibrosis causing the capsular opacification results in increased stiffness o...

AIMS We report the case of a myopic patient who, after intraocular lens transplant in the posterior chamber, suffered elevated intraocular pressure due to pigment dispersion, with recurrent episodes of blurred vision. The patient was treated with a new surgical technique that can avoid potential iridolenticular contact. METHODS Complete ophthalmologic examination and optical coherence tomogra...

We report a 64-year-old diabetic woman who developed neovascularization of the posterior capsule 2 years after cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation. The patient was treated with single injection of 1.25 mg of intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) via pars plana. After one week, complete regression of the posterior capsule neovascularization was achieved allowing us to perform Nd: YAG...

Both choroidal neovascularization during pregnancy, and choroidal neovascularization following implantation of phakic intraocular lenses have been reported in the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported of a gravid woman developing choroidal neovascularization in an eye with a phakic intraocular lens. A 31-year-old woman became aware of her pregnancy three weeks after plac...

A heterogeneous group of conditions can cause changes to the intraocular lens (IOL) during or after implantation in uneventful cataract surgery. We describe a series of 5 patients presenting distinctive deposits on the surface of hydrophilic intraocular lenses, implanted during routine cataract surgery, with a follow-up of 1 to 24 months. Disposable forceps were found to be the source of the pi...