Influence of primary diagnosis and complications on visual outcome in patients receiving a Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis.

Purpose: To analyse how primary diagnosis and complications affect the evolution of post-operative visual acuity (VA).

Methods: We performed retrospective chart analysis on 59 eyes in 57 patients with various diagnoses, most of which were non-standard indications for Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis (Kpro) implantation. The follow-up period was at least 3 months.

Anatomical survival and visual prognosis of Boston type I keratoprosthesis in challenging cases.

Purpose: To describe the outcome of patients with Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis, with regard to anatomical and visual success.

Methods: Retrospective case series of patients who underwent Boston type I keratoprosthesis surgery at the Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer in Barcelona and at the University Eye Clinic in Salzburg between May 2006 and December 2011. Sixty-seven eyes were included.

Bilateral reading performance of 4 multifocal intraocular lens models and a monofocal intraocular lens under bright lighting conditions.

Purpose: To compare changes in reading performance parameters after implantation of 4 multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) models and a monofocal IOL.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.

Design: Prospective randomized controlled clinical trial.

Correction of myopic astigmatism with a foldable iris-claw toric phakic intraocular lens: short-term follow-up.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy, predictability, stability, and complications after implantation of a foldable iris-fixated toric phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) to correct myopic astigmatism.

Setting: University Eye Clinic, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.

Design: Retrospective nonrandomized observational case series.

Long-term follow-up of a supradescemetic keratoprosthesis in rabbits: an immunofluorescence study.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term clinical and immunohistological outcome of two different non-penetrating keratoprosthesis (KPro) implanted in non-injured rabbit corneas.

Materials And Methods: Three rabbits underwent implantation of a pHEMA-MMA(34) synthetic cornea in the supradescemetic space, and PMMA synthetic corneas in the supradescemetic space and within the central stroma. Animals were followed for at least 24 months before euthanasia.