Paediatric cataracts are a relatively common (1 to 15 per 10,000 children), but treatable worldwide morbidity [1]. Unfortunately, surgical intervention in children is often more difficult and associated with more complications than in adult patients. The surgical difficulty of Paediatric cataract extraction can be attributed to the increased elasticity of the lens capsule as well as decreased s...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To describe the long term results of cases of cataract extraction combined with either Molteno implant insertion or trabeculectomy for primary open angle glaucoma. METHODS This prospective case series followed cases which had cataract extraction and Molteno implant insertion (45 eyes) or trabeculectomy (94 eyes) followed up for a mean of 5.3 years and 3.9 years respectively. ...

The epidemiology of cataract has attracted little attention. The definition of cataract is difficult enough to make surveys of its prevalence in populations of doubtful value. One partial solution is to consider only cataract of a degree sufficient to be operated upon. Fuchs (1960) has published figures showing a very wide variation in the proportions of patients with cataract admitted to vario...

BACKGROUND We describe two cases of recurrent acute angle-closure attack in patients with plateau iris syndrome after cataract extraction. Argon laser peripheral iridoplasty and cataract extraction have been used to reduce the occurrence of acute angle-closure attack in plateau iris syndrome although the risk cannot be completely eliminated. There is no consensus on the long term management of ...

Background/Aims: To describe the long term results of cases of cataract extraction combined with either Molteno implant insertion or trabeculectomy for primary open angle glaucoma. Methods: This prospective case series followed cases which had cataract extraction and Molteno implant insertion (45 eyes) or trabeculectomy (94 eyes) followed up for a mean of 5.3 years and 3.9 years respectively. R...

PURPOSE More than 3 million cataract extractions are undertaken in India annually. Almost 60% of these operations are intracapsular Cataract Extractions. The subsequent optical correction is provided by aphakic spectacles. The aim of this study is to assess visual outcome and perceived benefits of post-operative use of aphakic spectacles. METHODS One hundred and sixty-seven persons who had un...

Surgically induced diffuse scleritis (SIDS) is a recognised but less well reported cause of pain and reduced vision following cataract surgery. We have previously reported on complications of conventional extracapsular cataract extraction in which SIDS was the second most common. Recently, we conducted an audit of patients who underwent phacoemulsification cataract extraction to compare the inc...

In 1993 Medicare paid more money to anesthesia providers for cataract surgery than for any other surgical procedure. Patients undergoing cataract surgery often receive monitored anesthesia care (MAC). Thus, cuts in anesthesia payments from Medicare for cataract surgery may be forthcoming. If few interventions were being done after a retrobulbar block was placed, then a registered nurse might be...

Problems in daily life activities caused by bad vision were studied in 150 patients with cataract before and 6 months after a cataract extraction. A relation was found between binocular visual acuity before surgery and the number of problems experienced (p < 0.001). After cataract extraction a reduction in problems was closely associated with an increase in visual acuity (p < 0.001) and also, i...

By administering fluorescein intravenously to 95 patients we calculated the ratio of fluorescein concentration in the vitreous at the time of its peak level compared with the estimated unbound concentration of fluorescein in the plasma at the same time. We studied 12 normal phakic and 83 aphakic eye approximately two months, one year, and more than two years after cataract extraction. All the e...