Effect on astigmatism of the location of clear corneal incision in phacoemulsification of cataract.

Purpose: To investigate the refractive results of clear corneal incision performed at the steepest meridian of pre-existing corneal astigmatism.

Methods: One hundred eighty-two patients with astigmatism > 0.75 diopters (D) were evaluated.

Inflammation of the posterior uvea: findings on fundus fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography.

Purpose: To investigate the additional benefit of indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) over fundus fluorescein angiography (FA) in patients with posterior uveal inflammation.

Methods: The features of 19 patients with different forms of posterior uveitis (Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease [n = 5], serpiginous choroiditis [n = 5], multifocal choroiditis [n = 5], and sarcoidosis [n = 4]) were analyzed.

Results: On ICGA, inflammatory lesions were hypofluorescent in all phases, and early choroidal vessel dilation and leakage was noted near the lesions.

Smoking associated with damage to the lipid layer of the ocular surface.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of smoking on ocular surface.

Design: Prospective, comparative, interventional case series.

Methods: setting: Institutional.