Inducing selective or targeted cell apoptosis without affecting large number of neighbouring cells remains a challenge. A plausible method for treatment of posterior capsular opacification (PCO) due to remaining lens epithelial cells (LECs) by reactive chemistry induced by localized single electrode microplasma discharge at top of a needle-like glass electrode with spot size ~3 μm is hereby pre...

purpose: to compare the results of implantation of intraocular lens (iol) haptics in ciliary sulcus versus optic capture through the posterior capsulorrhexis following iol implantation in capsular bag in pediatric cataract surgery. methods: eighteen eyes of nine children with bilateral congenital or developmental cataract were included in this contralateral prospective randomized study. all cas...

OBJECTIVE To report the results of a specially designed closed ring with a square edge (endocapsular equator ring) in a young patient to prevent posterior capsular opacification. METHODS One eye of a 22-year-old atopic patient underwent endocapsular equator ring implantation with a 1-piece polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens immediately after phacoemulsification at Hara Eye Hospital on Ja...

Biocompatibility of intraocular lens (IOL) is critical to vision reconstruction after cataract surgery. Foldable hydrophobic acrylic IOL is vulnerable to the adhesion of extracellular matrix proteins and cells, leading to increased incidence of postoperative inflammation and capsule opacification. To increase IOL biocompatibility, we synthesized a hydrophilic copolymer P(MPC-MAA) and grafted th...

PURPOSE This study aimed to determine the reasons behind the failure of laser capsulotomy (LC) performed for significant posterior capsular opacification (PCO). METHODS Eighty-eight eyes of 88 patients referred for LC at a tertiary care center were retrospectively analyzed. The data recorded included the cause of cataract, visual acuity, duration of PCO, location of PCO, intraocular lens (IOL...

Aim: To study the visual outcome and complications of phacoemulsification IOL implantation in patients congenital cataract among tribal population Jharkhand.Methods: This was a retrospective observational study. Congenital cases who underwent surgery during 2017 to 2019 were included. Patient’s demographics, pre postoperative acuity recorded. The measured as VA achieved evaluation complications...

PURPOSE Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) arises because of a persistent growth of lens epithelial cells. Cultured human lens cells residing on their native collagen capsule and maintained in serum-free medium actively grow and thus show an intrinsic capacity for regulation. In the present study, the authors investigated the role of the putative FGF autocrine system in human capsular bags. ...

Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) is the most common long-term complication with more than 25% overall incidence within 5 years after cataract surgery of the human eye. The goal of the project described in this paper is to devise a fully automated, objective measure of grades of PCO from so-called retroillumination photographs. We review the current state of the art of existing PCO grading ...

PURPOSE To evaluate if posterior capsule opacification (PCO) would alter the analysis of nerve fiber layer using the scanning laser polarimetry (GDx). METHODS Pseudophakic non-glaucomatosous eyes (37 patients) underwent nerve fiber layer analysis using GDx before and after posterior capsulotomy with Nd:YAG Laser. RESULTS In five eyes, GDx did not obtain acceptable images using the device's ...

PURPOSE To compare the clinical results of heparin surface modified (HSM) hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) with those of hydrophobic acrylic IOL. METHODS One hundred patients with cataract were randomized to receive one of acrylic foldable IOLs after phacoemulsification: HSM hydrophilic acrylic IOL (n=50) BioVue3 (BioVue, OII, Ontario, CA, USA) and hydrophobic acrylic IOL (n=50) Sen...