BACKGROUND The coexistence of cataract and age related macular degeneration (AMD) is not unusual, especially in the very elderly. The outcome of cataract surgery in these cases depends on the effect of AMD on vision. In this study the authors have compared the outcome of cataract patients with AMD to that of cataract patients with no vision threatening ocular comorbidity, and analysed possible ...

PURPOSE To study the visual outcome of cataract surgery in eyes with uveitis. METHODS A retrospective analysis of patients with uveitis operated for cataract. RESULTS 106 eyes of 89 patients with uveitis were operated for cataract. In 62.3% eyes (66/106), post-operative follow-up was at least 6 months. There was significant improvement (P < 0.001) in visual acuity after cataract surgery. Pr...

one of the dangerous complications of cataract extractions is vitreous loss. the purpose of this stuy is to evaluate the incidence of vitreous loss and its sepuale while teaching residents at rasoul akram hospital in iran. this study has been conducted on existing records of 730 eyes which were subjectd to extracapsular cataract extractions by 3rd and 4th year, right handed resident of rasoul a...

We strove to identify the earliest cataract surgeons in Latin America. Probably by 1611, the Genovese oculist Francisco Drago was couching cataracts in Mexico City. The surgeon Melchor Vásquez de Valenzuela probably performed cataract couching in Lima by 1697. Juan Peré of France demonstrated cataract couching in Veracruz and Mexico City between 1779 and 1784. Juan Ablanedo of Spain performed c...

The course of diabetic retinopathy following cataract extraction was studied retrospectively in 89 patients (89 eyes). Cataract extraction was extracapsular in 12 eyes (13.5%), extracapsular with intraocular lens implantation in 37 (41.6%), and intracapsular in 40 (45%). In 55 eyes (61.8%) there was no change in the retinal status after surgery, and in 34 (38.2%) there was progression of diabet...

AIM To describe risk factors of acute endophthalmitis after cataract extraction in an Asian population. METHODS A retrospective, case-control study. Cases (n = 34) were patients with acute endophthalmitis presenting within 6 weeks after cataract surgery. Three controls per case (n = 102) were randomly selected from the cataract surgery list matched on the date of operation of cases. RESULTS...

Background/Aim. Cataract surgery is one of the most often performed surgical interventions. The predominant method in Western countries phacoemulsification, while developing countries, extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) remains popular. aim study was to evaluate cost-effectiveness these two techniques from provider?s perspective if operation complications were outcome interest. Methods. d...

purpose : to determine the distribution of cataract surgery in iran between 2000 and 2005 methods : in a retrospective study based on files, cataract surgery centers were selected. between 2000 and 2005, one week of each season was selected randomly and all cataract surgery files of the center were studied. the surgeries were analyzed based on type, types of the lenses, intraoperative complicat...

Aim In this study, we reviewed demographics and biometric characteristics among patients receiving chronic β-blockers and prostaglandins (PGs) for primary open-angle glaucoma. We compared the age at the time of cataract surgery in different patient groups and in a control group which was not under any medication. Materials and methods Retrospective chart review of glau-comatous patients who u...

purpose : cataract is one of the most common diseases of older ages and, at present, the leading cause of avoidable blindness in the world. along with the population growth, the rate of cataract surgeries is increasing in most countries worldwide. the number of cataract operations per million population per year is known as the cataract surgery rate (csr) and is one of the indicators introduced...