Temporal versus nasal clear corneal incisions
1 April 2019
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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cataract surgery, corneal shape change, nasal clear corneal incision, temporal clear corneal incision
This is a prospective randomised study of 100 patients’ left eye having undergone phacoemulsification either by a 2.4mm nasal clear corneal incision (CCI) group or temporal CCI group. The corneal astigmatic changes were compared between groups by power vector analysis,...
Should intravitreal steroids be used in the initial treatment of post-op endophthalmitis?
1 October 2018
| Eulee Seow
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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adjuvant intravitreal dexamethasone, cataract surgery, postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis, randomized controlled trial
Endophthalmitis following cataract surgery is one of the most feared complications, and can have significant impact on the visual outcomes of patients. The role of steroids in the management of endopthalmitis is controversial. The aim of this paper was to...
Cataract in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome
1 August 2018
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Apoptosis, TUNEL, cataract, lens epithelial cell, pseudoexfoliation syndrome
The authors present a prospective comparative study in 43 patients with (group 1) or without (group 2) pseudoexfoliation (PXF) undergoing cataract surgery. Anterior capsule samples were obtained in all patients and analysed for signs of apoptosis by using special staining...
Optical quality difference between monofocal and multifocal intraocular lenses
1 August 2018
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Optical quality, cataract, intraocular lenses, monofocal, multifocal
It is well known that multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) can generate more than one focus to restore distance and near vision, but patients may experience adverse optical phenomena such as decreased contrast sensitivity and induced glare or halos. The authors...
Intraocular surgical training – is there any inter-procedural transfer of skills?
1 June 2018
| Eulee Seow
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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assessment/formative feedback, cataract surgery, simulation-based training, vitreoretinal surgery
Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgery during ophthalmology training. This study aims to investigate how experience in simulated cataract surgery impacts and transfers to the learning curves for novices in vitreoretinal surgery. Twelve ophthalmology residents without previous experience...
Biomechanical stabilisation of ocular measurements post cataract surgery
1 December 2017
| Mrinal Rana
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Automated refraction, cataract, central corneal thickness, keratometry, ocular biometric parameters
This prospective study looks into the time duration of biomechanical stabilisation post uneventful cataract surgery in a case series of 62 consecutive eyes in patients with no ocular or systemic comorbidity. The patients were followed-up at fixed intervals of one...
Impact on the corneal and anterior chamber characteristics after femtosecond laser cataract surgery
1 December 2017
| Mrinal Rana
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Corneal topography, femtosecond laser, femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, laser flare photometry, phacoemulsification
Femtosecond laser cataract surgery (FLACS) is being increasingly used in the preparation for cataract surgery. Benefits of circular capsulorrhexis and reduced phacoemulsification energy have been shown in the literature. This study was designed to assess the anterior chamber characteristics and...
Outcomes of cataract surgery in eyes with weak zonules
1 April 2017
| Eulee Seow
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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capsular tension ring, cataract, phacoemulsification, postoperative complications, pseudoexfoliation, weak zonules
Pseudoexfoliation (PEX) and zonular weakness have long been known to increase the risk of complication of cataract surgery. This retrospective study looks at the results of phacoemulsion and intraocular implantation in 295 eyes with pseudoexfoliation and zonular weakness, with a...
Intravitreal bevacizumab vs. triamcinolone in patients with DMO at the time of cataract surgery
1 October 2016
| Anjali Gupta
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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bevacizumab, cataract surgery, diabetic macular oedema, randomized clinical trial, triamcinolone
This prospective, single masked randomised control trial (RCT) compared visual and anatomical outcomes when either intravitreal bevacizumab (BVB) or triamcinolone (TA) was administered at the time of cataract surgery and at subsequent review, if required, in patients with diabetic macula...
MicroRNAs in cataract
1 August 2016
| Graham Wallace
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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Age-related cataract, Lens epithelial cells, Lgr4, MicroRNA let-7b, Ultraviolet irradiation
In an ageing population cataract formation is one of the leading causes of blindness. Cataracts are caused by a failure to clear accumulating aggregated proteins in the lens. MicroRNAs are small non-coding transcripts which bind to specific mRNAs acting at...
Who will benefit from cataract surgery?
1 June 2016
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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cataract, evidence, indication, visual acuity
The need for cataract surgery is expected to rise dramatically in the future due to the increasing proportion of elderly citizens and increasing demands for optimum visual function. The aim of this study was to provide an evidence-based recommendation for...
Health-related quality of life after cataract surgery
1 June 2016
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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cataract, cataract surgery, quality of life, quality-adjusted life years
This prospective study evaluates the impact of cataract surgery on subjects’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measured with a 15-dimension generic instrument, the 15D. The HRQoL of cataract subjects was compared with that of an age- and gender-standardised sample of...
