PURPOSE The aim of this study is to report the clinical features, imaging studies, surgical removal, and pathology of congenital iris flocculi in a patient who developed a life-threatening dissecting aortic aneurysm after 55 years of follow-up. METHODS Documentation with iris photography was performed from age 18 to 55 years, at which time anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) w...

Managing iris prolapse After reading the article by Tint et al., we would like to share some comments and tips about dealing with iris prolapse. First, one principle we obey in iris prolapse is to maintain the anterior chamber pressure at a stable and relatively low level. The goal is to prevent recurrent prolapse and minimize damage to the iris, since we found that with each prolapse and repos...

We report a case of an epithelial inclusion cyst of the iris following cataract surgery that was successfully treated with en bloc excision, after an unsuccessful attempt with Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminium Garnet (Nd YAG) Laser. A 60-year-old man had undergone cataract surgery two years back. One year later, he developed a pigmented epithelial inclusion cyst of the iris which progressively ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the technique, efficacy, and safety of posterior iris fixation of iris-claw intraocular lens (IOLs) implantation through a scleral tunnel incision for aphakia correction. DESIGN Noncomparative, interventional case series. METHODS A secondary posterior iris fixation of the Artisan iris-claw IOL (Ophthec BV, Groningen, The Netherlands) was implanted for aphakia correction ...

APRIL 2010 I CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY EUROPE I 31 T he incidence of wound gape or iris prolapse after cataract extraction reportedly ranges from 0% to 1.6% with phacoemulsification and 0% to 3% with extracapsular cataract extraction.1 Contemporary cataract surgery is most commonly performed through sutureless clear corneal incisions with a wound width of 3.2 mm or less. These small w...

Secondary glaucoma constitutes major sight-threatening complication of pediatric cataract surgery, yet the etiology remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term anterior segment configuration and the association with secondary glaucoma in pediatric pseudophakia. Ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) was performed on 40 eyes of 26 children underwent pediatric cataract sur...

The aim of this study was to analyze the techniques for intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in patients with coloboma of the iris. A retrospective cohort study was used to analyze the degree of iris coloboma and the characteristics of the crystalline lens in 56 patients with iris coloboma. The patients with a lesser degree of coloboma of the iris and an intact lens capsule were treated by iris ...

BACKGROUND Post-operative endophthalmitis is a serious complication of intraocular surgery which may present acutely or chronically. Chronic post-operative endophthalmitis is characterized by decreased visual acuity, mild pain, and low-grade uveitis several weeks or months after intraocular surgery which may be responsive to corticosteroids, but recur upon tapering. Low virulence organisms such...