This systematic review was undertaken to answer the research question: "In children with primary cataracts, what are the outcomes (posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis + posterior chamber in...
An electronic search in six biomedical databases was conducted to identify randomised controlled trials that compared trypan blue with no stain during surgery in children 0-16 years with primary catar...
A total of 115 of 153 articles were screened after de-duplication. Of these, 113 were excluded while 2 randomised controlled trials involving 56 eyes of 42 participants were included in the review. Th...
Use of trypan blue in paediatric cataract surgery probably leads to better outcomes, but more well-conducted randomised controlled trials on this important topic are needed....
Population surveys are required to measure the prevalence of cataract blindness in the community. We conducted simultaneous surveys in two regions in Malaysia in 2023 to estimate the prevalence of unt...
The surveys were done in Eastern and Sarawak administrative regions using the rapid assessment of avoidable blindness technique. It involved a multistage cluster sampling method, each cluster comprisi...
A total of 9709 subjects, 50 years old and older, were examined (percentages of response were 94.5% and 96.2% for Eastern and Sarawak, respectively). Comparing the current to the previous survey in 20...
There was a reduction in cataract prevalence and improved visual outcomes in both regions. These favourable results could be attributed to the surgical performance monitoring initiatives and the commu...
To describe the relationships between axial length and intraoperative complications in patients undergoing cataract surgery....
Cohort analysis of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists' National Ophthalmology Database (RCOphth NOD)....
110 National Health Service Trusts in England, Health Boards in Wales, Independent Sector Treatment Centres and Guernsey....
820 354 patients, aged 18 years or older, undergoing cataract surgery. Eligible operations were those from centres with at least 50 operations with a recorded axial length measurement and age at surge...
Phacoemulsification where the primary intention was cataract surgery alone....
Posterior capsule rupture (PCR) and other recorded intraoperative complications....
1 211 520 eligible operations were performed by 3210 surgeons. The baseline axial length was <21 mm (short eyes) for 17 170 (1.4%) eyes, 21-28 mm (medium eyes) for 1 182 513 (97.6%) eyes and >28 mm (l...
Overall PCR rates for cataract surgery in RCOphth NOD contributing centres are lower than previously reported and there is little change in PCR rates by axial length. Short eyes were more likely to ha...
The aim of this study was to update visual outcomes, microbial spectrum and complications in eyes with endophthalmitis following cataract surgery....
A single-institution, retrospective review of eyes treated for endophthalmitis following cataract surgery between 2 January 2014 and 10 January 2017. This study included 112 cases of endophthalmitis f...
Following postcataract surgery endophthalmitis, approximately 70% of eyes achieved vision of 20/200 or better and half achieved vision of 20/40 or better 6 months after treatment. Poor visual outcomes...
The reduced use of antimicrobial drugs has been recommended worldwide, according to the global action for antimicrobial resistance published in 2015 by the World Health Organization. In this study, we...
Although cataract surgery has been proposed as a potentially modifiable protective factor for enhancing emotional well-being in cataract patients, studies examining the relationship between anxiety or...
A literature search was conducted across PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, and Embase databases. An initial screening by abstracts and titles was performed, followed by a review and assessment of the m...
Among 44 included studies, 36 studies (81.8%) were observational studies concerning the association of cataract surgery or cataracts with anxiety or depression, four studies (9.1%) were interventional...
Vision impairment in older adults is closely associated with increased symptoms of depression and anxiety. While surgical intervention for cataracts improves these symptoms, it might be less effective...
To investigate patients' first-hand experience, satisfaction and attitudes towards immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS)....
Royal Bournemouth Hospital, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth, UK....
Retrospective study using semi-structured phone interviews and qualitative content analysis....
Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted by an independent interviewer, to explore patients' experiences of ISBCS, at least four weeks postoperatively. The open-ended responses were analyse...
25 patients were included. All patients rated their overall satisfaction of ISBCS as '...
The results support wider implementation of ISBCS from the patient's perspective and experience. Providing written information addressing common themes and concerns is recommended to increase patient ...
To compare the clinical outcomes of patients undergoing sequential pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) followed by cataract extraction surgery (CE) [PPV/CE], simultaneous PPV and CE (PPV + CE), and sequential...
A retrospective observational cohort study of 427 eyes of 404 patients who underwent either sequential or simultaneous PPV and CE surgery between March 2016 and May 2021. Pre-operative and post-operat...
There was a statistically significant difference in CDVA of the PPV/CE, PPV + CE, CE/PPV groups (logMAR 0.34 ± 0.40, 0.65 ± 0.61, and 0.55 ± 0.60, respectively) at one month postoperatively (POM1) (P ...
Simultaneous PPV and cataract surgery demonstrated similar improvements in visual acuity and refractive outcomes, as well as comparable intraoperative and postoperative complication profiles to sequen...
The purpose of this study was to perform a systematic review of existing literature on OCT screening before cataract surgery. Available literature was evaluated and projections on how it could be appl...
There are some techniques for disassembly of hard nuclear. It is challenging in hard cataract surgery through microincision. The classic chop or prechop techniques often do not succeed,resulting in in...
We create a deep hole (drill) in the central nucleus with the phaco tip and divide the nucleus (prechop) with the Nagahara chopper and the modified capsulorhexis forceps inside the hole. The chopper a...
Complete segmentation of the hard nuclear into two hemispheres was implemented with this drill and prechop technique in all cases. The effective phaco time and ultrasound energy decreased. No intraope...
This technique simplifies the previous prechop techniques especially for hard nucleus in microincisional cataract surgery. The technique is efficient, safe and simple....
