purpose: to present a patient with localized corneal edema due to a small retained fragment of nucleus in the anterior chamber after uncomplicated phacoemulsification. case report: a 74-year-old female subject with history of phacoemulsification in her right eye about 1.5 years ago complained of foreign body sensation, pain and decreased vision in the same eye. visual acuity of that eye had dec...

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purpose: to report the outcomes of graft refractive surgery (grs) together with clear-cornea phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (iol) implantation in post-penetrating keratoplasty (pkp) eyes. methods: fourteen eyes of 13 patients who had received pkp underwent simultaneous grs (relaxing incisions with or without counter-quadrant compression sutures) and clear-cornea phacoemulsification wi...

PURPOSE To compare the effects of performing a single limbal relaxing incision (LRI) combined with a clear corneal incision on a corneal astigmatism with that of paired LRIs in cataract surgery. METHODS Medical records for 25 eyes in 20 patients who had undergone LRIs during cataract operations for with-the-rule astigmatism of 1.5 diopters (D) or more in topography were retrospectively review...

PURPOSE To compare functional and morphological outcomes of femtosecond laser clear corneal incision (CCI) versus manual CCI during cataract surgery. METHODS Sixty eyes of 60 patients who underwent CCI during cataract surgery were randomized into two groups: femtosecond laser CCI (30 eyes) and manual CCI (30 eyes). RESULTS There were no significant between-group differences in uncorrected d...

These characteristics have led to attempts to keep the cornea disease free and clear as far as possible by means of a series of landmark studies which include the control of infections trials and trials related to corneal transplants for maintaining the clear optical media. Following is a brief synopsis of the various studies related to cornea which have showed us the way to manage these ailments.

PURPOSE To report our clinical experience and 12-month results of small-incision Descemet-stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK). METHODS Prospective study of 11 eyes of 9 patients who had DSEK. The DSEK technique consisted of stripping the Descemet membrane and endothelium from the recipient cornea. The donor button was prepared by manual dissection and inserted through a 5-mm incision. A...