Journal Reviews

Retinal vessel diameter in pseudoexfoliation

5 February 2020 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Retinal vessel diameter, optical coherence tomography, pseudoexfoliation

Pseudoexfolation (PEX) is characterised by deposition of fibrillary extracellular material on ocular and extraocular tissue. Studies have shown that deposition in vascular structures cause hypoxia and ischaemia. In the eye, a decrease in blood supply to the optic nerve can...

Cataract in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome

1 August 2018 | | Cataract and Refractive | 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...

Outcomes of cataract surgery in eyes with weak zonules

1 April 2017 | | Cataract and Refractive | 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...

Cataract surgery and long-term risk of glaucoma in PEX

1 August 2016 | | Glaucoma | IOP spike, cataract surgery, glaucoma, glaucoma incidence, intraocular pressure, pseudoexfoliation

The objective of this study was to compare the development of glaucoma and IOP over an extended time period following cataract surgery in eyes with and without pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX), and trying to determine the impact of cataract surgery on...