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Capsular Tension Ring Explant Complication Rate Comparison using Miyake-Apple Video Analysis PURPOSE To compare the complication rate and time required to explant standard capsular tension rings (CTR) versus suture-guided capsular tension rings (SGCTR).

IORC, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah DESIGN Experimental study METHODS Eight cadaver eyes were prepared using standard Miyake-Apple protocol with digital video recording. A four clock-hour zonular dialysis was created followed by a capsulorhexis, hydrodissection and CTR (n = 4) or SGCTR (n = 4) implantation. With the CTR hidden from view by the overlying iris, ophthalmic surgical instruments were used to remove the CTRs. Time required to remove the CTR and any complications were recorded. A limit of 180 seconds was imposed to determine inability to remove the CTR.

In the standard CTR group, removal was associated with high rates of complication (100%). Complications included capsule tears (n=2), dialysis extension (n=1), and inadvertent intracapsular cataract extraction (n=1). The SGCTR group had no complications associated with removal (n=4). Time required to explant a CTR was significantly reduced from 164.5 seconds with standard CTRs to 6.9 seconds with SGCTRs (p = 0.001).

Attempts to remove a standard CTR from the capsular bag was met with a high complication rate. The addition of suture to the leading eyelet of the CTR prior to implantation significantly reduced the time and effort required to remove the CTR and was associated with a significant reduction in complication rates.
Attempts to remove a standard CTR from the capsular bag was met with a high complication rate. The addition of suture to the leading eyelet of the CTR prior to implantation significantly reduced the time and effort required to remove the CTR and was associated with a significant reduction in complication rates.
To determine if preoperative and perioperative music exposure reduced patient self-rated anxiety and physiologic indicators of stress during first-time phacoemulsification cataract surgery in the high-volume setting.

Aravind Eye Care System, Pondicherry, India.

Prospective single-masked randomized controlled trial.

Patients were provided music before and during first-time phacoemulsification in one group and patients underwent surgery without music in another group. Measurements of blood pressure, heart rate, respiration rate, and a Likert-scale anxiety rating were collected at preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative time points.

165 patients (aged 53-65) were provided music via a portable MP3 player before and during first-time phacoemulsification, and 165 patients underwent surgery without music. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures were significantly lower in the music intervention group at the postoperative time point, with similar physiologic measures between groups during the perioperssure showed music can be an inexpensive and effective solution to improve the patient experience of cataract surgery in the high-volume setting.
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of 80-μm flap femtosecond-assisted laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK), and the early clinical and refractive outcomes in the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism.

Private practice, outpatient.

Prospective.

Patients who underwent femto-LASIK between February and April 2018. Inclusion criteria were myopia from -1.00 to -8.00 diopters (D), and astigmatism up to -3.0 D. No previous surgeries. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/protosappanin-b.html All patients were tested preoperatively and on day one and month three for uncorrected distance visual acuity, manifest refraction, corrected distance visual acuity, intraocular pressure, slitlamp and dilated fundus examination, Schirmer I test with anesthesia, and OSDI questionnaire. The FEMTO LDV Z8 was used for flap construction, and the Wavelight Allegretto 400 excimer for refractive treatment. Flap thickness was measured at week 1 with anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT).

82 eyes were included. LogMAR uncorrected distance visual acuity was 1.28±0.53 preoperatively, 0.02±0.05 day 1, and 0.14±0.127 month 3. There was no loss of corrected distance visual acuity lines. Mean flap thickness measured at 1 week with AS- OCT was 73µ ± 6.7µ.

The use of ultra-thin flaps, just below Bowman layer, with the Ziemer LDV Z8 femtosecond laser was possible, safe, reliable, and reproducible. 80-μm flaps allowed for excellent vision on 1 day post-LASIK and may be a good alternative to maintain an appropriate percentage of tissue altered, especially when attempting greater corrections or larger treatment zones.
The use of ultra-thin flaps, just below Bowman layer, with the Ziemer LDV Z8 femtosecond laser was possible, safe, reliable, and reproducible. 80-μm flaps allowed for excellent vision on 1 day post-LASIK and may be a good alternative to maintain an appropriate percentage of tissue altered, especially when attempting greater corrections or larger treatment zones.
To evaluate the long-term effectiveness, safety, and stability of Ferrara-type intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS) manual surgery implantation in patients with keratoconus.

Ophthalmology Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal Design Retrospective cohort study METHODS Study included 124 eyes that had ICRS implantation using the manual technique with a follow-up of five years. Uncorrected (UDVA) and corrected (CDVA) visual acuity, subjective refraction, keratometry, aberrometry, and pachymetry maps were evaluated before surgery and at six months, one year, and five years postoperatively. A secondary analysis of all variables was performed comparing two subgroups of patients a group younger than 30 years old and a group 30-years-old or older.

At 5 years, both mean UDVA and CDVA improved significantly (p < 0.0001) from a preoperative value of 0.91 ± 0.36 to 0.46 ± 0.32 logMAR and 0.40 ± 0.27 to 0.22 ± 0.20 logMAR, respectively. Spherical equivalent, refractive cylinder, and all topography vent's age.
To determine whether a newly modified capsular tension ring (CTR) is effective at preventing toric intraocular lens (TIOL) rotation and misalignment.

John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Experimental Study.

10 human cadaver eyes were used to test the ease or difficulty of TIOL rotation in the capsular bag under 3 experimental conditions a TIOL alone, a TIOL with a standard CTR, or a TIOL with a newly modified CTR with indentations in a sinusoidal pattern. Scores for ease of IOL rotation were compared by using the non-parametric Friedman ANOVA test. Additionally, both anterior and posterior Miyake-Apple views were filmed to observe the rotational stability of TIOLs in the capsular bag under the three test conditions.

Rotational stability improved with a standard CTR, but further improvement was statistically observed (P < .05) with the newly modified CTR under all test conditions. This was true for both IOLs used (Acrysof and Tecnis toric lenses), with or without ophthalmic viscosurgical device, and for either clockwise or counter clockwise rotations.
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