The technical progress in cataract treatment led to the significant decrease of retinal detachment (RD) following surgery. Globally, the risk for RD, 4 years after cataract surgery is around 0.93%. The strategy to decrease the risk for pseudophakic RD includes: preoperative identification of the retinal lesions predisposing to RD, high quality cataract surgery and efficient resolution of compli...

The objective is to evaluate the effects of phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) in bullous keratopathy patients. Phototherapeutic keratectomy was performed in a pseudophakic patient with corneal decompensation after lens extraction, with the excimer laser Nidek EC 5000 after manual corneal epithelial debridement. There was no pain after fifteen days the laser application and during the eight mon...

In Western Australia during the period 1 January 1976 to 31 December 1987 1089 eyes of 1044 patients in hospital were operated upon for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment due to causes other than penetrating trauma. Of these eyes 295 (27%) were aphakic or pseudophakic. During this period the annual number of cataract operations in the State increased by a factor of 245%, while aphakic an...

INTRODUCTION Pseudophakic cystoid macular edema is a common cause of poor vision after cataract surgery, and topical corticosteroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are used for its treatment. We investigated the effectiveness of difluprednate (Durezol(®), recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration) in the treatment of cystoid macular edema, assisted with spectral domain ...

AIMS To evaluate the endothelial quality of corneas obtained from pseudophakic donors and to compare the data with matched phakic controls. METHODS Corneas from eyes with posterior chamber intraocular lenses (PCIOLs) and corneas from phakic eyes (controls) were stored for 1-2 weeks in organ culture and then examined after staining with Alizarin red S. The corneas were divided into two groups ...

Background: To assess the occurrence and magnitude of refractive change in pseudophakic eyes undergoing pars plana vitrectomy without scleral buckling and to investigate possible aetiological factors. Methods: Retrospective case note review of pseudophakic eyes undergoing pars plana vitrectomy for a variety of vitreo-retinal conditions over a three-year period. Anterior chamber depth was measur...

BACKGROUND To assess the occurrence and magnitude of refractive change in pseudophakic eyes undergoing 20 gauge pars plana vitrectomy without scleral buckling and to investigate possible aetiological factors. METHODS Retrospective case note review of 87 pseudophakic eyes undergoing 20 gauge pars plana vitrectomy for a variety of vitreo-retinal conditions over a three-year period. Anterior cha...

IMPORTANCE Whether pseudophakic eyes are resistant to trabeculectomy remains unknown. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of previous phacoemulsification on surgical success of trabeculectomy with mitomycin C for open-angle glaucoma. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Prospective clinical cohort study at Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan, among patients 55 years or older having ope...