Rotation stability of a toric intraocular lens with a second capsular tension ring.

An Acrysof toric intraocular lens (IOL) and a capsular tension ring (CTR) were implanted in the highly myopic eye of a 74-year-old white man during cataract surgery. On the first postoperative day, the IOL was found 90 degrees from the required position, with a consequent high amount of astigmatism. A second procedure was performed and because it was not possible to secure the toric IOL in the correct position, an additional in-the-bag CTR was inserted, with an immediate optimal outcome.

Preclinical safety and stability study of a next generation telescope prosthesis for end-stage macular degeneration.

Background: To assess the surgical procedure, safety and stability of a next generation injectable telescope prosthesis in a rabbit model.

Methods: After removal of the crystalline lenses of eight New Zealand White rabbits, the next generation device was randomly implanted in one eye, and the available telescope prosthesis (Normal device) was implanted in the fellow eye. Operative parameters (incision, capsulorrhexis size and operative time), intraoperative and postoperative complications rates, endothelial cell density changes and the distance between the corneal endothelium and the telescope (central clearance distance) were measured and compared between the groups.

Risk assessment of simple phacoemulsification in patients on combined anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy.

Purpose: To assess the safety of phacoemulsification cataract extraction in patients on combined anticoagulant and antiplatelet treatment.

Setting: Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

Design: Prospective interventional case series.

Cataract extraction without prophylactic treatment in patients with severe factor XI deficiency.

Purpose: To assess the risks of intraoperative and postoperative bleeding associated with cataract extraction without prophylactic treatment in patients with severe factor XI (FXI) deficiency.

Design: Prospective interventional case series.

Setting: Single institute.

Phacoemulsification of cataract in patients receiving Coumadin therapy: ocular and hematologic risk assessment.

Purpose: To assess the risks of intra- and postoperative bleeding tendency associated with uncomplicated cataract surgery by phacoemulsification in patients receiving Coumadin treatment.

Design: Prospective, nonrandomized, interventional, consecutive case series.

Methods: Sixty-three consecutive patients underwent cataract extraction with lens implantation in 75 eyes.

Intraocular pressure elevation within the first 24 hours after cataract surgery in patients with glaucoma or exfoliation syndrome.

Objective: To investigate whether eyes with glaucoma or exfoliation syndrome without glaucoma are prone to exhibit intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation shortly after cataract surgery and, if so, whether timolol maleate 0.5% reduces these spikes.

Design: Prospective randomized double-masked clinical trial.

Primary intraocular lens implantation in pediatric uveitis: a comparison of 2 populations.

Objective: To evaluate the visual outcome and postoperative complications of cataract surgery with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in children with uveitis.

Design: A multicenter, retrospective, interventional case series. The setting included 3 medical centers in Israel.

Refractive results with secondary piggyback implantation to correct pseudophakic refractive errors.

Purpose: To assess the efficacy and safety of implanting a second intraocular lens (IOL) to correct pseudophakic refractive errors.

Setting: Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

Methods: This prospective noncomparative case series included 10 pseudophakic eyes, 5 with a myopic residual refractive error and 5 with a hyperopic residual refractive error.

Strabismus in senile cataract patients.

Purpose: We sought to determine the prevalence of strabismus among patients with senile cataract.

Methods: Forty-seven consecutive patients who were scheduled for cataract surgery underwent complete eye examinations, including ocular alignment evaluation. Twenty-four normal adults of the same age range underwent also complete eye examinations and were used as a control group.

Feasibility and safety of laser treatments in eyes with an intraocular implantable miniature telescope.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility and safety of laser treatments in rabbit eyes fitted with an implantable miniature telescope (IMT).

Setting: The Goldschleger Eye Research Institute, Tel-Aviv University, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.

Methods: In this study, IMTs were implanted in the capsular bag in 19 eyes of 19 pigmented rabbits.