Safety of hydroimplantation: a foldable intraocular lens implantation without the use of an ophthalmic viscosurgical device.

Purpose: To compare the safety of a single-piece, foldable intraocular lens (IOL) hydroimplantation with that of a standard implantation using an ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD).

Methods: One hundred consecutive patients with bilateral age-related cataract surgery were enrolled into a prospective double-blind study. Each patient's first eye was randomly assigned to a standard implantation technique with an OVD or the hydroimplantation technique, while the fellow eye received the opposite technique.

Hybrid Technique of Lamellar Keratoplasty (DMEK-S).

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of the hybrid technique of posterior lamellar keratoplasty (DMEK-S).

Materials And Methods: 71 eyes of 55 patients enrolled in a single-center study underwent posterior lamellar keratoplasty with a hybrid lamella DMEK-S implanted using a solution implantation technique, owing to endothelial dysfunction. The outcome measures studied were visual acuity and endothelial cell density.