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01 November 2006
By:
Fedra Pavlou
At the ESCRS congress in September, Peter Barry presented the full ESCRS endophthalmitis study results and controversially stated that, not only is the incidence of endophthalmitis higher than reported in the literature, but the risk of infection is further increased by clear corneal incisions and the use of silicon IOLs.
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01 November 2006
By:
Rachael Mayfield
A better informed patient is a goal that all healthcare professionals strive for. Better informed patients are able to make better choices about their healthcare and give informed consent for a procedure.
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01 October 2006
By:
Z. Mandic, I. Petric, K. Novak, M. Geber, G. Bencic
Combined surgical management of coexisting cataract and glaucoma has recently gained popularity because of the several advantages that it presents. These advantages include, decreased risk, easier management of early and long-term postoperative intraocular pressure (IOP) and performing just one surgical procedure to manage both problems.
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01 September 2006
By:
Fedra Pavlou
The mixing and matching of refractive and diffractive multifocal intraocular lenses (MIOLs) to enhance vision in cataract patients is not a new concept. In fact, the theory was first pioneered and realised in 2000 by Uzeyir G?nenc, MD of Dokuz Eyl?l University, Izmir, Turkey, who went on to present his first set of results at the 2003 congress of the ASCRS. So why is it that, back then, nobody really paid attention to this technique? The answer is simple; the idea at that time seemed quite bizarre and was something that many surgeons would never consider performing in their own practice. Three years on and armed with five-year data, the global ophthalmic community is now starting to pay attention.
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01 September 2006
It ensures faster rehabilitation of patients operated on using 22 gauge compared with conventional 2.8 mm coaxial phaco, probably because of the reduction in postoperative trauma during emulsification of the crystalline lens in a closed system with narrow incisions
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01 July 2006
By:
Liliana Werner, MD, PhD
PCO secondary cataract, no matter how you label it, it exists and it is the most common complication of cataract removal or extraction.
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01 July 2006
By:
Fedra Pavlou
Marred by reports of vision loss due to contamination, amongst other complications, trypan blue has received its fair share of bad press over recent years, with many unapproved versions of the formulation making its way into cataract surgeons' practices.
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01 June 2006
By:
Dr Ali Yagan, Mr H. Mohammed J. Hassan, MB ChB, DO, FRCSEd (Ophth), FRCOphth, FICS
Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine that we, as ophthalmologists, regard as an elite branch of medicine and others, such as general surgeons and physicians, often consider as a minor and sometimes easy discipline. As a result of this misdirected preconception, a general practitioner, consultant or physician may not feel it necessary to fully inform us of a patient's health record because they do not consider that ophthalmic medications could, potentially, carry with them serious, sometimes life threatening side effects, if used inappropriately.
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01 June 2006
By:
M. Rio del Amo, R.N. Syed, Y.K. Ghosh, S. Khan, A. Berry-Brincat, D. DeSilva, C. Chinake, R.D. Brown
Postoperative endophthalmitis is a rare but potentially devastating intraocular infection, which could lead to severe and permanent visual impairment or even the loss of an eye.1-3 With the average life expectancy on the increase, the prevalence of cataract in the older population and therefore the cataract surgical rate has increased in recent decades.1,3 Many have voiced their concerns that this rise in the number of surgical procedures could bring with it a rise in incidence of endophthalmitis, hence, evaluation of postoperative infection incidence is extremely important in every clinical setting.
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