Purpose: To retrospectively estimate the long-term corneal endothelial cell loss in children after perforating corneal trauma and implantation of an iris-fixated anterior-chamber intraocular lens (IOL), either the Artisan aphakia lens or the Artificial Iris Implant, and to compare this corneal endothelial cell loss to that in children who received an Artisan aphakia lens to correct aphakia afte...

PURPOSE Aphakia is the complete absence of any lens in the eye, either due to surgical removal of the lens as a result of a perforating wound or ulcer, or due to a congenital anomaly. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the molecular genetics for a large consanguineous Pakistani family with a clear aphakia phenotype. METHODS The initial homozygosity screening of the family was extended...

AIM To determine the prevalence of glaucoma among aphakes and pseudophakes in a rural population of southern India. METHODS 3924 subjects aged 40 years or above underwent complete ophthalmic examination. Glaucoma in aphakia/pseudophakia was diagnosed using International Society of Geographical and Epidemiological Ophthalmology criteria in aphakic/pseudophakic people. RESULTS 54 subjects (37...

WITH a correctly fitting pair of approximately -14 D. corneal contact lenses, a person with normal emmetropic eyes can become a 12 D. experimental hyperope, and he can very nearly simulate the exact type of vision of the spectacle-corrected aphakic by wearing a correctly fitted set of + 12-00 D. Sph. cataract spectacle lenses. With this "simulator of aphakia", the inquisitive scientific researc...

Implantation of iris-claw Artisan intraocular lens (IOL) is a surgical option for correction of aphakia; however, these IOLs have not been used in eyes with uveitis including Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) due to possible risk of severe postoperative intraocular inflammation. In the case reported here, we secondarily implanted an Artisan IOL in a 28-year-old man with FHI who had aphak...

PURPOSE To report the behavior of intravitreal Ozurdex(®) implant in eyes with post-lensectomy-vitrectomy (PLV) aphakia. METHODS Retrospective chart review of three eyes with PLV aphakia (three patients with uveitis) who received intravitreal injection of Ozurdex(®) for cystoid macular edema (one eye), persistent inflammation (one eye), and ocular hypotony (one eye). Final outcome was assesse...

purpose: to evaluate the underlying causes of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (rrd) in eyes operated for this reasion. methods: out of 1473 patients who underwent retinal detachment surgery, records of 369 patients were randomly selected and evaluated for the types of retinal breaks, the underlying disorders, and location of breaks. results: fifty-two percents of patients were less than 50 ye...

The use of intraocular lenses in the correction of aphakia was first described by H. Ridley (I 951), and subsequently numerous designs have been described and their use enthusiastically recommended. The problems ofspectacle correction for aphakia are well known and have been described in detail (Editorial, I952; Linksz, I965), and many ophthalmic surgeons are only too familiar with the patient ...