Impact of a handpiece with a built-in fluidics pressure sensor on phacoemulsification: a multicentre prospective comparative study.

Objective: We assessed whether the immediate pressure adjustments provided by a phacoemulsification handpiece with a built-in pressure sensor (Active Sentry, AS) could decrease the amount of energy delivered in the eye during cataract surgery.

Methods And Analysis: The Study of Active Sentry in Cataract Surgery was a multicentre prospective clinical trial. The Centurion system (Alcon Labs) was used and we compared phacoemulsifications performed with the AS handpiece with procedures using a sensor placed in the phacoemulsifier (non-AS).

Incidence of Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy following cataract surgery: a population-based nation-wide study - FreYAG1 study.

Rationale: Nd:YAG (neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet) capsulotomy (Nd:YAG-caps) is the gold standard for the treatment of PCO (Posterior Capsule Opacification). There is a lack of real-world data about Nd:YAG-caps use.

Purpose: This study's objectives were to estimate Nd:YAG-caps incidence in France, to describe the patient characteristics, and to analyze the time between surgeries and capsulotomies.

Incidence of Retinal Detachment, Macular Edema, and Ocular Hypertension after Neodymium:Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet Capsulotomy: A Population-Based Nationwide Study-The French YAG 2 Study.

Purpose: To estimate the incidence and assess the risk factors associated with 3 adverse events (AEs) after neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet posterior capsulotomy (Nd:YAG-caps): ocular hypertension (OHT), macular edema (ME), and retinal detachment (RD).

Design: Observational cohort study using a nationwide claims database.

Participants: Adults who underwent Nd:YAG-caps between 2014 and 2017, with no ocular disease history in the year before.

Complications of cosmetic iris implants: French series of 87 eyes.

Purpose: Iris intraocular implants were developed to manage congenital or traumatic iris defects. However, they are also used to change the color of patient eyes. The aim of this retrospective series was to report complications in patients managed in France after cosmetic implantation.

Systemic exposure to intracameral vs topical mydriatic agents: in cataract surgery.

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare systemic exposure to tropicamide/phenylephrine following intracameral or topical administration before cataract surgery.

Patients And Methods: Mydriatics exposure was calculated in patients randomized to intracameral fixed combination of mydriatics and anesthetic ([ICMA]: tropicamide 0.02%, phenylephrine 0.

Evaluation of visual outcomes and patient satisfaction after implantation of a diffractive trifocal intraocular lens.

Purpose: To evaluate clinical outcomes after the implantation of a diffractive trifocal intraocular lens (IOL).

Setting: Nine European ophthalmology centers.

Design: Prospective noncomparative interventional multicenter study.

Clinical outcomes with a trifocal intraocular lens: a multicenter study.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical results and safety obtained with a new type of multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) using a trifocal design to achieve pseudoaccommodation.

Methods: A pilot observational study of patients with a trifocal IOL (FineVision; PhysIOL, Liege, Belgium) implanted by 1 of 12 surgeons between March and December 2010. Visual outcomes that were assessed postoperatively included uncorrected and corrected distance, intermediate, and near visual acuity.

Calcification of a hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens: case report with laboratory analysis.

We analyzed a single-piece plate-type hydrophilic acrylic posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) that was explanted due to a progressive loss of vision, which occurred 6 years after uncomplicated phacoemulsification. Gross and light microscopy, as well as anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) revealed granular deposits below the IOL surface. Light scattering, as measured with Scheimpflug photography and densitometry analyses was found to be increased; spectrophotometry demonstrated a decrease in the light transmittance of the explanted lens.

Visual and refractive outcomes after implantation of a fully diffractive trifocal lens.

Background: The purpose of this study was to record the visual outcomes of patients treated by six surgeons after implantation of a trifocal lens.

Methods: The setting for this study comprised six ophthalmology units and eye clinics in Belgium and France, with a coordinating center in France, and data management and statistical analysis in France and Belgium. Ninety-four eyes from 47 patients were implanted with a trifocal FineVision(®) intraocular lens by six surgeons.

Assessment of patient satisfaction with outcomes of and ophthalmic care for cataract surgery.

Purpose: To assess patient satisfaction with cataract surgery care.

Setting: Private and public health ophthalmic centers, France.

Methods: This prospective longitudinal multicenter observational study enrolled patients attending consultation for a preoperative visit from September 2007 to February 2008.

Early opacification of silicone intraocular lenses: Laboratory analyses of 6 explants.

Purpose: To report laboratory analyses of 6 intraocular lenses (IOLs) explanted from patients who had visual disturbances caused by early postoperative opacification of the lens optic.

Setting: John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

European multicenter study of the AcrySof ReSTOR apodized diffractive intraocular lens.

Objective: To report the safety and effectiveness of the AcrySof ReSTOR apodized diffractive intraocular lens (IOL), model MA60D3, when implanted into the capsular bag.

Design: Multicenter European study including university clinics, eye hospitals, and private ophthalmic surgical centers.

Participants: One hundred twenty-seven subjects implanted in cataractous eyes in an open multicenter study.

[Evaluation of capsular block syndrome with an anterior segment OCT].

A year after routine phacoemulsification and insertion of a soft posterior chamber IOL, a 59-year-old woman developed progressive moderate myopia. A syndrome of late capsular block was diagnosed following biomicroscopic examination, which was treated by Nd YAG laser posterior capsulotomy. The myopia disappeared immediately.

Assessment of capsular block syndrome with anterior segment optical coherence tomography.

A 59-year-old woman developed progressive, moderate myopia 1 year after routine phacoemulsification and insertion of a soft posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL). After biomicroscopy, late capsular block was diagnosed and treated with a neodymium:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy. The myopia disappeared immediately.

[Interferon beta-1b retinopathy during a treatment for multiple sclerosis].

Ocular adverse effects of interferon are described during the treatment of malignant diseases and chronic viral hepatitis with interferon alpha. At this time, there is no report of these effects during multiple sclerosis treatment with interferon beta-1b. The authors report a bilateral retinopathy during this treatment.

[Birdshot chorioretinopathy associated with tamoxifen retinal toxicity].

We report a case of Birdshot retinochoroidopathy associated with ocular toxicity due to tamoxifen. Adverse drug effects were suspected due to the presence of yellow-white dots in the paramacular region and the fovea and by modifications of the retinal epithelial pigments. Ocular toxicity should be suspected as it may be reversible if recognized and stopped early.

[Central retinal vein occlusion in a patient treated with antiandrogenic drug].

Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is usually seen in older adults and is often associated with systemic vascular disease, this is much less evident in young people. A case report of a 28-year-old woman presented a central retinal vein occlusion in her left eye. This young woman was treated with antiandrogenic drug.

[Uveitis in Whipple disease: Identification of Trophyrema whippelii by PCR].

Whipple's disease is a multisystem bacterial disease usually characterized by malabsorption, diarrhea and polyarthritis. Ocular manifestations include uveitis, vitreitis, retinis, myositis, papilledema and optic atrophy. We report a case of a chronic bilateral vitreitis in a 63 year-old man who had been treated for a Whipple's disease with gastrointestinal involvement 30 years before.

[Bilateral ischemic optic neuropathy secondary to acute ergotism].

We report a case of a 31 year-old man who presented a bilateral ischemic optic neuropathy associated with headaches and severe systemic hypertension. This episode appeared after administration of ergotamine tartrate and macrolides. This medication probably led to a vasospasm which occurs in patients with hypertension.

Retinal detachment after cataract surgery.

Background: A study of the characteristics and the results obtained in 99 consecutive eyes operated on for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with aphakia or pseudophakia in order to find the predictive factors of poor anatomical and functional results.

Methods: The authors retrospectively reviewed the files of 99 consecutive cases of aphakic and pseudophakic retinal detachment operated on by the same surgeon between January 1992 through July 1993 with a minimum follow-up of 6 months. Multivariate and chi square analysis were carried out.

[Lipogranuloma of the orbit. Apropos of a case].

We present a case of orbital lipogranuloma with a supero-nasal retrobulbar localisation associated with axial proptosis and major choroidal thickening. No clinical sign of inflammation, neither orbital nor in the posterior segment, was revealed. The systemic work-up as well as paraclinical data were within normal limits.

[Melanoma developped on nevus of Ota without ocular melanosis. Apropos of an anatomo-clinical case].

The naevus of Ota is a congenital pigmentary disorder usually involving the skin of the face in areas supplied by the first and second branches of the trigeminal nerve. Ipsilateral ocular melanosis is associated in 2/3 of the cases. The naevus occurrs most often in Asians.