PURPOSE To analyze the indications for explantation or exchange of intraocular lenses (IOLs), which were originally implanted for the correction of aphakia during cataract extraction. METHODS All cases that involved intraocular lens explantation or exchange in one institution between January 2008 and December 2014 were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS In total, 93 eyes of 93 patients were ...

BACKGROUND To report two cases of Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) in patients with existing scleral-fixated and iris-fixated intraocular lenses (sf-IOL and if-IOL, respectively). CASE PRESENTATION DMEK procedures were performed on a 49-year-old woman with a pre-existing sf-IOL (case 1) and a 69-year-old woman with a pre-existing if-IOL (case 2) in order to treat secondary co...

purpose: to evaluate the anatomical and visual outcomes of descemet`s stripping with endothelial keratoplasty (dsek) in patients with bullous keratopathy after cataract surgery. methods: the study was performed on 20 eyes of 20 patients (13 male, 7 female) with bullous keratopathy (pseudophakic=15, aphakic=5). donor lenticule was prepared using a microkeratome (n=12) or manual dissection (n=8)....

Purpose. To report a case of Alternaria alternata keratitis in a patient with a corneal transplant in her right eye due to bullous pseudophakic keratopathy. Methods. A 66-year-old female underwent a full-thickness keratoplasty in her right eye due to bullous pseudophakic keratopathy. Three weeks after keratoplasty, epithelial edema and a stromal opacity with an infiltrate and development of per...

PURPOSE To report an unusual case of herpetic bullous keratitis misdiagnosed as a case of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy with secondary glaucoma. RESULTS A retrospective analysis of the case record of a 60-year-old man who had earlier undergone bilateral cataract surgery, was done. He presented with a complaint of decrease in vision in the right eye of 20 days duration. On examination, corn...

purpose : to evaluate indications, risk factors and outcome of repeat penetrating keratoplasty (pkp) at a tertiary referral eye care center methods : in this retrospective study, medical chart of patients who underwent repeat pkp at labbafinejad medical center between january 2004 and december 2009 were reviewed. results : a total of 1,859 corneal transplantations were performed on 1,624 eyes d...