Association between anterior chamber biometry and posterior capsular defects.

Purpose: To analyze the association between anterior chamber biometric factors and posterior capsular defects (PCDs) that occur during extracapsular cataract extraction.

Setting: University Eye Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

Design: Population-based study.

Anterior Segment Biometry in a Caucasian Population with Cataracts.

Purpose: To investigate biometric factors of the anterior segment of phakic eyes with cataracts.

Methods: This population-based study included Caucasian patients with cataracts in the University Eye Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Biometric parameters were measured using the swept-source optical coherence tomography method.

XEN-augmented Baerveldt Implantation for Refractory Childhood Glaucoma: A Retrospective Case Series.

Background: Tube implants can lead to long-term decompensation of the cornea after decades, in particular in complicated childhood glaucoma, because of a variety of causes including contact between the tube tip and the corneal endothelium. The augmentation of a XEN implant with a Baerveldt (250) tube implant, introduced 2016 by Mermoud et al for refractory glaucoma in adult patients, may reduce this risk in children. In our retrospective study, we report on the XEN-augmented Baerveldt (250) tube implant in children.

Evaluation of a Device for Standardized Measurements of Reading Performance in a Prepresbyopic Population.

Purpose: Automated measurements of reading performance are required for clinical trials involving presbyopia-correcting surgery options. Repeatability of a testing device for reading (Salzburg Reading Desk) was evaluated in a prepresbyopic population.

Methods: Subjective reading performance of 50 subjects divided into 2 age groups (23-30 years and 38-49 years) with distance-corrected eyes was investigated with different log-scaled reading charts.