Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of phacoemulsification in true exfoliation syndrome.

Purpose: To review the clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of patients with true exfoliation syndrome of the lens capsule having phacoemulsification cataract surgery.

Setting: Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Design: Case series.

Extent and predictors of microbial hand contamination in a tertiary care ophthalmic outpatient practice.

Purpose: To measure the extent of microbial hand contamination among ophthalmologists during routine clinic practice and examine its association with hand cleansing practices and beliefs, glove use, and patient load.

Methods: This was a single-masked analysis of resident and transient flora of ophthalmologists before and after patient examination and after handwashing by agar imprints of the dominant hand. Standardized questionnaires were used to collect information concerning subjects' hand cleansing practices and patient load.

Retained presumed intraocular cotton fiber after cataract operation: long-term follow-up with in vivo confocal microscopy.

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term clinical outcomes in eyes with retained presumed intraocular cotton fibers after cataract surgery.

Setting: Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China.

Methods: A retrospective review of 19 eyes with retained presumed intraocular cotton fibers after cataract surgery was performed.