63 Results Found

Diffractive multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) modulate chromatic aberration and reduce it at certain distances due to interactions between the refractive and diffractive chromatic components. However, the extent to which computer modeling and on b...

Background: Presbyopia treatment in pseudophakic patients with a monofocal IOL is challenging. This study investigates the refractive results of femto-PresbyLASIK and analyzes presbyopia treatment in pseudophakic eyes. Methods: 14 patients with 28 ps...

Background and Objective: To evaluate the effect of pseudophakia on anterior chamber depth and other ocular biometric parameters, and to analyze its relationship with age, sex, and axial length. Materials and Methods: Optical biometry data from 2372...

Dry eye disease may develop and persist after cataract surgery; however, unilateral cases have not been fully documented. This cross-sectional, observational study was conducted in five eye clinics in Japan. A total of 1023 outpatients were initially...

Background and Objectives: The main cause of the vision loss in diabetics is the development of diabetic macular edema, regardless of the stage of diabetic retinopathy. The paper aimed to examine whether the additional intravitreal application of tri...

Objectives: To investigate whether phakia affects the outcome of XEN-45 gel stent implantation in the treatment of pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (PXG). Methods: A retrospective, comparative cohort study of 30 phakic and 55 pseudophakic PXG patients who...

Purpose: To analyse the correspondence between refractive astigmatism and corneal astigmatism in pseudophakic eyes with non-toric intraocular lenses. Setting: Yeouido St. Mary hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Design: Evaluation of a diagnostic tes...

Background/Objectives: We aim to determine whether prior cataract surgery affects the intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effect of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Methods: This prospective i...

To obtain a continuous range of clear vision for pseudophakic eyes, a design of intraocular lens (IOL) with extended depth of focus (EDoF) was proposed. The IOL was optimized with a multi-configuration approach based on a pseudophakic eye model and t...

The macular pigment consisting of lutein (L) and zeaxanthin (Z) protects photoreceptors via its antioxidative and barrier activities. This study aimed to determine L and Z distribution in the healthy macula and their association with various demograp...

The pseudophakic eye lacks the ability to produce a refractive change in response to object proximity. Thus, individual anatomical features such as the pupil size play an important role in achieving functional vision levels. In this work, the range o...

Angles subtended at the second nodal point of the eye (NP2) are approximately the same as input visual angles over a very large angular range, despite the nodal point being a paraxial lens property. Raytracing using an average pseudophakic eye showed...

Background: In this study, we evaluated the incidence of cystoid macular edema (CME) after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for different retinal pathologies and assessed the role of optical coherence tomography (OCT) biomarkers in guiding treatment decis...

Cataract is a disease opacifying the crystalline, leading to a blurred vision and ultimately to blindness. With an aging population, the incidence of cataract is increasing, as well as the number of treatments. The solution available is its complete...

Despite the increased awareness of early prophylaxis and treatment for dry eye disease (DED) during the first few weeks after cataract surgery, the chronic effect of cataract surgery on the risk of ocular surface abnormalities has not been fully expl...

Background/Objectives: To analyze the agreement between two swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) devices in assessing glistening on intraocular lenses (IOL). Methods: Patients who had previously undergone cataract surgery were included....

This study investigates the effects of cataract surgery on dry eye parameters of patients with dry eye disease (DED) in the medium- to long-term post-surgical period (6 months to 5 years). A cross-sectional study was conducted on 438 eyes on first vi...

We investigated changes in anterior chamber (AC) structure after miosis in phakic eyes and pseudophakic eyes with glaucoma. In this prospective study, patients scheduled for glaucoma implant surgery were examined using anterior segment optical cohere...

Background: Whether congenital cataract-related visual deprivation and subsequent rehabilitation are associated with retinal structural and vascular network differences remains unclear. This study evaluated superficial retinal vascular network descri...

Purpose: This retrospective case-control study was conducted to quantitatively and qualitatively assess the visual impairment in eyes with Epithelial Basement Membrane Dystrophy (EBMD) after regular cataract surgery. Methods: EBMD pseudophakic eyes w...

Aim: To determine the clinical risk factors that may increase the occurrence of intraocular lens (IOL) calcification in patients who had undergone pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). Methods: The medical records of 14 patients who underwent IOL explantation...

Background: In Germany, more than one-third of donor corneas harvested are not suitable for transplantation. We evaluated the factors associated with the usability of donor corneas. Method: Data from 2032 consecutive donor corneas harvested at the Rh...

The efficacy of the 0.19-mg fluocinolone acetonide (FAc) intravitreal implant (ILUVIEN) in the treatment of non-infectious uveitic macular edema (UME) was assessed on twenty-six patients (34 eyes) with non-infectious UME between 2013 and 2020, in a m...

This structured narrative review compared the efficacy, durability, and safety of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents and intravitreal corticosteroids for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME), with the aim of identifyi...

To evaluate the incidence of symptomatic anisometropia and aniseikonia requiring intervention following surgery with combined pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and broad 276 style encircling scleral buckle (ESB) for the repair of rhegmatogenous retinal det...

The aim of this prospective clinical study was to establish and verify an adaptation for axial length (AL) measurement in silicone oil (SO)-filled pseudophakic eyes with a Scheimpflug and partial coherence interferometry (PCI)-based biometer. The AL...

The purposes of this study were to report the surgical success rate of scleral buckling surgery (SB) for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) in a single academic hospital, analyze the incidence of cystoid macular edema (CME) after SB using optica...

To demonstrate the results of ray tracing higher- and lower-order aberrations in pseudophakic eyes with rotationally asymmetrical segment multifocal lenses, total high- and low-order aberrations, measured by root mean square value (RMS), refraction,...

Background: We evaluated the safety and efficacy of endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation (ECP) for eyes with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Methods: We included a total of 104 pseudophakic eyes treated with ECP. Visual acuity and intraocular pressur...

Purpose: To report a case of macular hole and detachment occurring after the subretinal injection of Voretigene Neparvovec (VN) in a patient affected by atypical RPE65 retinal dystrophy with high myopia and its successful surgical management. Case de...

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) refractory to intravitreal injections (IVIs) and without vitreoma...

We evaluated a new surgical technique for treating primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD), consisting of localized vitrectomy near the retinal break associated with drainage of subretinal fluid without infusion. Twelve eyes of twelve patient...

The aim of this study was to report on the anatomical and functional results of surgical management of seven cases of endophthalmitis related to a single day of intravitreal aflibercept injections. Patients with signs of endophthalmitis who underwent...

Background and Clinical Significance: Currently, the only effective treatment for cataracts is surgery. The most commonly employed method is phacoemulsification, a well-established procedure that uses ultrasound energy to fragment the lens, allowing...

Background: To evaluate the clinical course of pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (PCME) treated with topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Methods: An analysis of the clinical course of PCME consisting of 536 eyes of 536 patients f...

Purpose: To assess differences in the evolution of macular thickness after uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery between non-diabetic subjects and patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) without diabetic retinopathy (DR), using Spectral Domain OCT (...

Background/Objectives: Our aim was to investigate the vessel density (VD) of the radial peripapillary capillary (RPC) plexus in eyes with early pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (PCME) and controls using OCT angiography (OCTA). Methods: Patients wit...

This study aimed to assess clinical application of the Scheimpflug corneal tomography for objective evaluation of corneal optical density in eyes undergoing Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK). In this prospective study, 39 pse...

Aim: This case report presents an unusual instance of bilateral choroidal effusion following the oral administration of acetazolamide for the treatment of pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (PCME). Case Presentation: An 87-year-old Caucasian man expe...

Background: Open-angle glaucoma (OAG) is a leading cause of irreversible blindness. While trabeculectomy remains the surgical gold standard, bleb-forming minimally invasive procedures such as the XEN63 gel stent offer a safer alternative. However, ea...

To ascertain the theoretical impact of optical design variations of the intraocular lens (IOL) on the accuracy of IOL power formulas based on a single lens constant using a thick lens eye model. This impact was also simulated before and after optimiz...

Background/Objectives: To propose a combined surgery of surgically induced macular detachment (MD) and autologous internal limiting membrane (ILM) transplantation to treat refractory full thickness macular holes (FTMHs). Methods: A series of patients...

Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) is a well-established surgical technique for the treatment of endothelial dysfunction, in which intracameral gas tamponade plays a critical role in graft adherence. We report the case of a...

Purpose: To evaluate the concentrations of brimonidine and brinzolamide in the vitreous and aqueous humor after instillation of a 0.1% brimonidine tartrate and 1% brinzolamide fixed-combination ophthalmic suspension. Methods: The present investigatio...

Background and Objectives: The objective of this paper is to compare the visual outcomes and quality of life (QoL) after bilateral ultrathin Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (UT-DSAEK) with bilateral penetrating keratoplasty (P...

This retrospective study evaluated real-world outcomes of standalone iDose TR intracameral travoprost implant administration. Sixty-five consecutive standalone iDose TR implantations performed by a single surgeon were analyzed. Patients were pseudoph...

A higher risk of pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (PCME) has been reported in patients with preoperative idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM); however, whether the formation of PCME depends on the grade of ERM has not been well established. We cond...

Background and Objectives: Patients with cataract and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) may safely undergo cataract phacoemulsification to enhance visual acuity. Although it has not been proven that cataract surgery can cause AMD progression, di...

Prostaglandin analogues (PGAs) have been associated with the development of pseudophakic macular edema (PME) in complicated cataract cases, but evidence on their effects in uncomplicated phacoemulsification remains controversial. This two-arm, prospe...

Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) is a useful treatment for intraocular pressure (IOP) control. However, there are only a few reports which compare the outcomes of SLT between primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma...