Jacques Daviel’s development of cataract extraction was the culmination of observations and insights by others that spanned many centuries. The location of the lens in the eye and the function of the lens in vision puzzled the physicians and scholars of antiquity and medieval times. Even more elusive was an understanding of the true identity of the lens’s dark twin, the cataract. It was not unt...

PURPOSE To evaluate changes in anterior chamber (AC) morphology induced by cataract extraction using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT). DESIGN Prospective comparative observational case series. METHODS Thirty-two eyes of 32 patients underwent OCT imaging of the angle before and after cataract surgery. Anterior chamber depth (ACD), angle opening distance at 500 microm (AOD(...

Retinal detachment after cataract extraction occurred in nine out of 136 eyes with myopia of 6 or more dioptress (6-7 per cent), during a follow-up period of 1 1/2-9 1/2 years. Five of the nine detachments occurred within 3 months of cataract extraction. All patients with retinal detachment were under the age of 63 years. Relatively young patients with high myopia bear a special risk of develop...

Aim: To describe a new diagnostic sign and improved technique for cataract extraction in cases with posterior lenticonus. Setting: Kasr Alainy hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Methods: A consecutive series comprised of 16 eyes of 15 patients with definite or suspected posterior lenticonus were diagnosed and surgically treated by a modified technique to prevent premature opening of poste...