Trocar-assisted extraocular technique for intrascleral intraocular lens fixation using a 90°-curved forceps: a modified extraocular forceps-guided technique.

Purpose: To investigate the surgical outcomes of intrascleral intraocular lens (IOL) fixation using a modified extraocular forceps-guided technique.

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Methods: Overall, 81 eyes of 78 patients who underwent intrascleral IOL fixation using the modified extraocular forceps-guided technique were included.

Unique and progressive retinal degeneration in a patient with cancer associated retinopathy.

Purpose: To report clinical course of a patient with cancer-associated retinopathy (CAR) medicated by steroid therapy, focusing on retinal degeneration progression.

Observations: A 67 years-old female patient, who had a surgical history of endometrial carcinoma with adjuvant chemotherapy, was referred to our hospitals for the complaints of sudden reduced visual acuity and visual field constriction in the right eye. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 0.

Modified capsule expander implantation to reposition and fixate the capsular bag in eyes with subluxated cataractous lenses and phacodonesis: intermediate-term results.

Purpose: To report the intermediate-term results of capsule stabilization for scleral fixation with implantation of the Yaguchi hook, a modified capsule expander stabilization hook.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Showa, Fujigaoka Rehabilitation Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Repositioning and scleral fixation of subluxated lenses using a T-shaped capsule stabilization hook.

We describe a T-shaped capsule stabilization hook (modified capsule expander [M-CE]) used for repositioning and scleral fixation of the lens capsule of subluxated lenses. The 5-0 polypropylene device is flexible and attached to a curved needle. The contact portion is bent at 1.

Matrix metalloproteinase-9 in spontaneously hypertensive hyperlipidemic rats.

The presence of hypertension and hyperlipidemia accelerates atherosclerosis and increases the risk of ocular disease. Since there were few rat models for atherosclerosis, spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) and spontaneously hyperlipidemic rats (HLRs) were crossbred to obtain a new model: the spontaneously hypertensive hyperlipidemic rat (SHHR). Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in ocular degeneration.