Phacoemulsification with posterior chamber intraocular lens versus extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) with posterior chamber intraocular lens for age-related cataract.

Background: Age-related cataract is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. Therefore, it is important to establish the most effective surgical technique for cataract surgery.

Objectives: The aim of this review is to examine the effects of two types of cataract surgery for age-related cataract: phacoemulsification and extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE).

Manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) with posterior chamber intraocular lens versus phacoemulsification with posterior chamber intraocular lens for age-related cataract.

Background: Age-related cataract is a major cause of blindness and visual morbidity worldwide. It is therefore important to establish the optimal technique of lens removal in cataract surgery.

Objectives: To compare manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) and phacoemulsification techniques.

There is a trend for the diagnosis of glaucoma to be made at an earlier stage in 2010 compared to 2008 in Oxford, United Kingdom.

Purpose: New guidelines on glaucoma diagnosis and management were published by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) in 2009. The aim of this study was to determine whether these guidelines on glaucoma referral have changed the numbers of patients diagnosed with glaucoma in Oxford and whether the severity of disease at presentation has altered between 2008 and 2010.

Methods: A retrospective study was undertaken of patients referred to a glaucoma case-finding clinic at the Oxford Eye Hospital in 2008 and 2010.

Biometry and formula accuracy with intraocular lenses used for cataract surgery in extreme hyperopia.

Purpose: To audit intraocular lens (IOL) power predictions for cataract surgery in extreme hyperopia and to compare the accuracy across different biometry formulae and IOL types.

Design: A retrospective analysis of 76 eyes from 56 patients undergoing cataract surgery with IOLs ranging in power from 30 to 35 diopters (D).

Methods: Axial lengths, corneal powers and anterior chamber depths were measured with ultrasound or optical methods, and the IOLMaster (Carl Zeiss Meditech, Inc, Dublin, California, USA) software was used to predict the refractive outcome for each IOL used.

Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (r-TPA) in fibrin dissolution due to postoperative endophthalmitis.

Introduction: The aim of this paper was to describe the use of r-TPA for fibrin clot dissolution following endophthalmitis.

Clinical Picture: A 74-year-old man presented with painful loss of vision following routine uncomplicated cataract surgery.

Treatment: He underwent standard treatment for postoperative endophthalmitis but despite this, developed a dense fibrin clot.