Anterior Chamber Intraocular Lens Implantation Versus Four-Flanged Scleral Fixation Technique for Patients With Loss of Capsular Support During Routine Cataract Surgery.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of anterior chamber intraocular lens (AC-IOL) implantation versus the four-flanged scleral fixation technique in eyes with loss of capsular support during routine cataract surgery.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of all patients in whom an IOL was implanted either during or after short-term aphakia due to loss of capsular and sulcus support in a routine cataract surgery with at least 6 months of follow-up time between 2015 and 2023 in a tertiary medical center in Israel. Two different IOL implantation techniques were compared: the implantation of an angle-supported ACIOL and four-flanged scleral fixation.

Corneal pseudoectasia: a case series.

Objective: To raise awareness of conditions that can tomographically mimic corneal ectasia and describe the actions required to avoid misdiagnosis.

Methods: We report a retrospective case series of seven patients presenting at two tertiary care centers in Israel with a presumed diagnosis of keratoconus or post-refractive ectasia. Upon further examination, the ectasia diagnosis was reconsidered and eventually ruled out.

Accuracy of Intraocular Lens Calculation Formulas for the Four-Flanged Fixation Technique in Eyes With No Capsular Support.

Purpose: To assess the refractive prediction error of four intraocular lens (IOL) calculation formulas in eyes that have undergone scleral fixation using the four-flanged technique.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort analysis of patients who underwent scleral fixation using the four-flanged technique at the Shamir Medical Center between 2020 and 2021. Refractive prediction errors for four IOL prediction formulas (Barrett Universal II, Holladay 1, SRK/T, and Kane) were obtained by subtracting the predicted spherical equivalent from the postoperative spherical equivalent.

Modification of intraocular lens insertion using 4-flanged fixation with a standard cartridge and a 2.4 mm corneal incision in eyes with no capsular support.

A modification of intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, using the 4-flanged IOL fixation technique, through a 2.4 mm corneal incision using a standard cartridge and injector, is presented. An IOL with 4 eyelets is used, through which a 6-0 polypropylene suture is threaded on one side and then loaded into a provided cartridge and inserted to the anterior chamber through a 2.

Intrascleral 4-flanged technique for in-the-bag intraocular lens subluxation.

Purpose: To present a series of cases in which the 4-flanged technique was used in the management of in-the-bag intraocular lens (IOL) subluxation.

Setting: Shamir Medical Center, Israel.

Design: Retrospective cohort analysis.

Clinical outcomes of Ankoris toric intraocular lens implantation using a computer-assisted marker system.

Purpose: To report the clinical outcomes of patients who underwent cataract surgery with implantation of Ankoris monofocal toric intraocular lens (IOL) (PhysIOL SA, Liège, Belgium) using the Zeiss Callisto Eye (Carl Zeiss AG, Dublin, CA).

Methods: We conducted a retrospective case series of patients who underwent routine cataract extraction and implantation of Ankoris toric IOL using the Zeiss Callisto eye between January 2018 and December 2018 by four senior surgeons. Patients' medical records were reviewed, and clinical outcomes including postoperative refraction, visual acuity outcomes, IOL position and deviation from planned axis were collected.

Laser in situ keratomileusis in myopic patients with congenital nystagmus.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and IntraLASIK in the treatment of myopic patients with nystagmus.

Methods: Eight patients with congenital nystagmus (16 eyes), aged 23 to 49 years, had LASIK surgery. Corneal flaps were created using the Bausch & Lomb Hansatome microkeratome or the IntraLase femtosecond laser.

[Increase in posterior segment depth in eyes with corneal opacities].

Aim: Studies in animals and in humans demonstrate an increase in axial length and induced myopia in eyes with early onset corneal scars. The purpose of this study was to compare the total ocular axial length and the length of the anterior and the posterior segments, in eyes with unilateral central corneal opacification with the unaffected fellow eyes. Elongation of the eye and progressive myopia, may lead to both anisometropia and amblyopia.

[Lasik in myopic patients with congenital nystagmus].

Purpose: To present the results of IntraLASIK treatment in myopic patients with nystagmus.

Methods: Four patients, ranging in age from 25 to 49 years, with congenital nystagmus (8 eyes), underwent IntraLASIK surgery. Corneal flaps were made by Intralase femtosecond laser.

[Evaluation of efficacy, safety and stability of lasik-zyoptix as compared to lasik-planoscan in myopia patients with or without astigmatism].

Aim: To compare the efficacy, safety and stability of laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) Zyoptix and PlanoScan (PS) systems for the surgical correction of myopia with and without astigmatism.

Methods: In this retrospective study we analyzed the results of 198 eyes of 99 patients (randomly chosen) who underwent LASIK Zyoptix treatment and 198 eyes of 99 patients (randomly chosen) who underwent LASIK PlanoScan standard ablation treatment. Patients were followed for a period of 12 months after treatment.

Peripheral sterile corneal infiltrates after refractive surgery.

Purpose: To report 5 eyes of peripheral sterile corneal infiltrates after refractive surgery.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel, and Enaim Ophthalmological Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

Methods: Three patients had bilateral refractive procedures for correcting myopia.

Retrospective analysis of actual LASIK flap diameter compared with microkeratome ring size performed by different surgeons.

Purpose: To evaluate the difference in the diameter between microkeratome ring and actual laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) flap size by 4 different surgeons using 3 different microkeratomes in comparison to preoperative keratometry.

Setting: Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of 6667 consecutive LASIK surgeries performed at the Gimbel Eye Centre between 1998 and 2002 was conducted.

Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase plays important role in immune response.

Activation of macrophages leads to the secretion of cytokines and enzymes that shape the inflammatory response and increase metabolic processes. This, in turn, results in increased production of reactive oxygen species. The role of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD-1), an important enzyme in cellular oxygen metabolism, was examined in activated peritoneal elicited macrophages (PEM) and in several inflammatory processes in vivo.