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...

AIM To evaluate the incidence of postoperative posterior capsular striae (PCS) and its influence on posterior capsular opacification (PCO) in patients implanted with two types of lens material. SETTING Tertiary eye care center in central rural India. STUDY DESIGN A prospective, observational, nonrandomized study. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 1247 patients having age-related ca...

We propose a new method to find gravity duals to a large class of three-dimensional Chern-Simons-matter theories, using techniques from dimer models. The gravity dual is given by M-theory on AdS4 ×Y7, where Y7 is an arbitrary seven-dimensional toric SasakiEinstein manifold. The cone of Y7 is a toric Calabi-Yau 4-fold, which coincides with a branch of the vacuum moduli space of Chern-Simons-matt...

PURPOSE To describe a new scleral fixation foldable intraocular lens (IOL): the Ultima. METHODS The novel IOL is a new scleral fixation acrylic hydrophilic foldable lens that offers a 360 degrees sulcus support due to its round geometry. It can be folded and inserted through a 4 mm clear cornea incision. Twenty-five eyes implanted with the Ultima lens were followed for 2 years. RESULTS Twen...

PURPOSE To conduct a material analysis of spontaneously subluxated iris-fixated phakic intraocular lenses (IOLs) using light and scanning electron microscopy. METHODS Six explanted Artisan/Verisyse and Artiflex/Veriflex IOLs (Ophtec, Groningen, Netherlands/AMO, Santa Ana, CA) were analyzed in a laboratory using light and scanning electron microscopy. Four of the IOLs had been explanted after ...

INTRODUCTION Spontaneous dislocation of intraocular lens with bag is rare. METHODS We report a case of a 56-year-old male who presented with spontaneous anterior dislocation of an in-the-bag intraocular lens 3 years after manual small incision cataract surgery. He had undergone manual small incision cataract surgery with foldable acrylic intraocular lens implantation, and 18 months after cata...

BACKGROUND Improvement in surgical devices and intraocular lenses has made modern cataract surgery a safe procedure with decreasing complication rates. Intraocular lens dislocation is a serious complication after cataract surgery. Although most dislocations occur during the first week postoperative period, late intraocular lens dislocation occurring 3 months or later post-surgery has been repor...

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