Healon5 sandwich technique for phacoemulsification in vitrectomized eyes.

We have developed a safe approach to phacoemulsificaiton in post-vectromized eyes. The technique, called the Healon5 sandwich, uses the viscoadaptive properties of sodium hyaluronate 2.3% (Healon5) to prevent a posterior chamber dehiscence.

Optic nerve cysticercosis: case report and review of current management.

The authors present a case of optic nerve cysticercosis in a 32-year-old patient who presented with sudden blurring of vision in the left eye and a transient visual improvement on systemic steroids. The ocular findings were unremarkable other than a relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD). An ultrasound of the orbit, CT and MRI scans revealed a cystic lesion in the orbital portion of the optic nerve close to the eyeball.

Anterior capsule staining for capsulorhexis in cases of white cataract: comparative clinical study.

Purpose: To compare the safety and efficacy of trypan blue 0.1%, gentian violet 0.001%, indocyanine green 0.

Iris retraction and retroflexion after transscleral contact diode laser photocoagulation.

A 9-year-old girl with refractory glaucoma with an anterior chamber intraocular lens underwent transscleral contact diode laser cyclophotocoagulation. Slit-lamp examination and ultrasound biomicroscopy revealed iris retraction and retroflexion at 2 weeks of follow-up. The probable cause of this complication is discussed.

Post traumatic subconjunctival dislocation of lens in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes are a rare group of inherited connective tissue disorders of defective collagen synthesis. They predominantly involve the skin, joints and vessels. Ocular involvement in the form of blue sclera, microcornea and susceptibility to trauma is a common feature of EDS type VI.

Droplets on posterior surface of intraocular lens in silicone oil filled eye.

Silicone oil adherence to silicone IOLs after silicone oil removal is a known complication in pseudophakic patients. Droplet removal is difficult and may require IOL exchange. We describe two cases in which silicone oil droplets were observed early in the postoperative period in PMMA pseudophakic eyes and disappeared during silicone oil-fluid exchange--a phenomenon that has not been reported earlier in human PMMA pseudophakic eyes.

Results of laser in situ keratomileusis for myopia of -10 to -19 diopters with a Technolas 217 laser.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness, predictability, and safety of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for correcting myopia greater than -10.00 D.

Methods: Sixty-five eyes of 37 patients with myopia greater than -10.

Formalin-induced cataract in goat eyes as a surgical training model for phacoemulsification.

We compared 2 techniques of inducing cataract in enucleated goat eyes as a training model for phacoemulsification. The cataract was induced using 0.2 to 0.

Pseudophakic pupillary block caused by pupillary capture after phacoemulsification and in-the-bag AcrySof lens implantation.

We describe a 50-year-old patient who developed pupillary block caused by pupillary capture 1 week after uneventful phacoemulsification and implantation of an AcrySof foldable intraocular lens (IOL). The patient had a large but intact capsulorhexis with the haptics lying in the bag; the optic lay in the pupillary area anterior to the capsulorhexis. This case was successfully managed by a neodymium: YAG laser iridotomy, IOL explantation, and subsequent implantation of a poly(methyl methacrylate) posterior chamber IOL.

Timolol maleate 0.5% versus timolol maleate in gel forming solution 0.5% (Timolol GFS) in open angle glaucoma in India. Preliminary safety and efficacy study.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety profile of Timolol maleate 0.5% versus Timolol gel forming solution (GFS) 0.5% in open angle glaucoma in Indian eyes.

Postkeratoplasty endophthalmitis by Alcaligenes faecalis: a case report.

Purpose: To describe a postkeratoplasty endophthalmitis owing to Alcaligenes faecalis that resolved with medical management.

Methods: Case report and review of literature.

Results: To best of our knowledge, postkeratoplasty endophthalmitis caused by A.

Combined surgery, cryotherapy, and mitomycin-C for recurrent ocular surface squamous neoplasia.

Purpose: To report the outcome of combined excision, cryotherapy, and antimetabolite treatment of recurrent ocular surface squamous neoplasia.

Methods: The patients with recurrent ocular surface squamous neoplasia were treated by excision of lesion, cryotherapy of limbus, and conjunctival margin followed by 0.02% Mitomycin C application at the time of surgery.