Two-year results of cataract extraction with implantation of the hydrophilic acrylic B-lens.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens (B-Lens((R)), Hanita, Israel) during a 2-year follow-up period.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Meir Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel.

Patients & Methods: Slit lamp biomicroscopy, refraction, visual function and patient satisfaction were recorded in 147 patients at 1 week, and at 1, 3, 12, and 24 months after surgery.

Early postoperative complications of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty.

Purpose: To report and discuss the early postoperative complications of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK).

Methods: The records of the first 44 patients who underwent DLEK by 1 surgeon were reviewed. Complications occurring between the first day and eighth week after surgery were recorded.

Five-millimeter-incision deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty: one-year results.

Purpose: To evaluate visual acuity, topography, and endothelial cell density 1 year after deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK) for endothelial dysfunction.

Methods: This is a prospective, comparative, interventional case series. Thirty-five eyes of 35 patients who had undergone DLEK with a 5-mm incision and had a minimum of 1-year follow-up were included.