The aim of this study was to assess whether the visual outcome of cataract surgery in the institution was in accordance with the World Health Organization recommendations. In this retrospective case series, all patients who underwent cataract surgery by a single surgeon from January 2009 till June 2011 were included. Date were collected from medical records on age, gender, visual acuity and cau...

Purpose: To assess the visu al ou tcom e of cataract su rgery in a tertiary hosp ital in N igeria. Methods: Three hu nd red and seventy eyes (370) that had cataract su rgery in the op hthalm ology d ep artm ent of University of Benin Teaching H osp ital (UBTH ) from Ju ly 2007 to Decem ber 2008 w ere includ ed in the stu d y. Case record s w ere retrieved and d ata from them analysed . The age ...

Dear Editor: In 2001, the National Eye Institute–funded Age-related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) published its findings. The AREDS was a double-masked, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 4757 subjects over a period of 5 years that showed that supplementation with antioxidants vitamins C and E, -carotene, and zinc in combination resulted in a 25% relative reduction in the risk of progression f...

purpose : vitreoretinal surgery can be difficult or impossible in patients with corneal opacity. one solution for this problem is use of temporary keratoprosthesis (tkp). we report anatomical and visual outcomes of this combined surgery in our institution. methods : we retrospectively reviewed charts of patients in whom a tkp was used between 2006 and 2010 with follow-up of at least six months....

purpose : to investigate long-term visual outcome and complications after cataract extraction and intraocular lens (iol) implantation in fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis (fhi) methods : in this retrospective study in a private eye clinic in tehran, 25 eyes of 24 patients with fhi who underwent cataract extraction and iol implantation were evaluated based on their visual outcome and intraopera...