OBJECTIVE To review the effect of phacoemulsification surgery in eyes with chronic hypotony following trabeculectomy with mitomycin C. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of all eyes that underwent phacoemulsification surgery for symptomatic cataracts and had a preoperative diagnosis of chronic hypotony (intraocular pressure [IOP] </=6 mm Hg) for at least 6 months following trabeculectomy with mito...

PURPOSE To compare the efficacy and visual results of phacoemulsification vs manual sutureless small-incision extracapsular cataract surgery (SICS) for the treatment of cataracts in Nepal. DESIGN Prospective, randomized comparison of 108 consecutive patients with visually significant cataracts. METHODS settings: Outreach microsurgical eye clinic. patients: One hundred eight consecutive pati...

PURPOSE To report the outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and intravitreal phacoemulsification in patients with dropped nuclei/nuclear fragments following complicated cataract surgery. METHODS In this retrospective case series, charts of patients who had undergone PPV and intravitreal phacoemulsification for removal of dislocated nuclei/lens fragments were reviewed. After standard PPV, a ...

AIMS To study the incidence, management, and outcomes of suprachoroidal haemorrhage (SCH) complicating cataract surgery in the United Kingdom. METHODS Cases were prospectively collected by active surveillance through the British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit. Details were obtained using an incident questionnaire with follow up at 6 months. RESULTS 118 cases were reported in 1 year. The...

PURPOSE To compare indication criteria, intra- and postoperative complications, visual outcomes and time interval between the first and second eye surgery (phacoemulsification). METHODS Prospective study was done in 96 eyes of patients who underwent bilateral consecutive phacoemulsification surgery, performed by a third-year ophthalmology resident. An established protocol was filled out befor...

AIMS/BACKGROUND Phacoemulsification is rapidly replacing conventional extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) as the method of choice for cataract surgery in the Western world. However, posterior capsule opacification (PCO) still remains the major postoperative complication, affecting 20-50% of patients, and results from persistent cell growth of epithelial cells remaining after surgery. This ...

Posterior capsular rent is a common complication of cataract surgery including phacoemulsification. Though occurrence is higher with beginners, it can also occur in the hands of a senior phaco surgeon. This study analyses the predisposing risk factors, intraoperative events, mode of occurrence, management strategy and eventual outcome of Posterior capsular rent during phacoemulsification by a s...

r T b k t S a i a m c A m i r i h N THIS ISSUE, RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED, CONtrolled trial (RCT) are published in which two techniques for cataract extraction are compared.1 The uestion of whether manual sutureless small-incision exracapsular cataract surgery (SICS) is as effective and safe s phacoemulsification is addressed. This may seem to be a fruitless enquiry because it is ssumed by most...

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...

Background: Phacoemulsification surgery is the most frequent cataract performed in developed countries because of its effectiveness and safety. However, some degree endothelial loss inevitable any type surgery, including phacoemulsification. Anterior chamber depth (ACD) could be considered as one important anatomical parameters for preserving from mechanical thermal damage that can occur during...