PURPOSE: To report the efficacy of electrolysis as a treatment of corneal opac ities in a young patient with the superficial variant of granular corneal dystro phy. DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHODS: An 11-y...
Purpose: To find out the incidence of intraocular lens (IOL)-optic opacificat ion in a suspect IOL. Methods: Retrospective review of patients’notes 3-4 year s postimplant. Results: In all, 56 IOLs showed signs of opa...
Background: Presented is a patient whose history showed that during a hammer- blow on a piece of iron something had flown into his left eye. Clinical investig ation revealed a 9-mm long, horizontal, paracentrally loca...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To compare two kinds of cataract removal methods com bined with pars plana vitrectomy and posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC-IOL ) implantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Cataract removal was...
Purpose: To compare posterior capsule opacification (PCO) after cataract surge ry with implantation of two silicone intraocular lenses (IOLs) with different de signs. Methods: We carried out a prospective, clinical st...
PURPOSE. To describe the clinical and pathologic characteristics of a family with a congenital stromal dystrophy of the cornea and to identify the genetic basis for this disorder. METHODS. All family members in three ...