Posterior capsule rupture is most likely to occur at the stage of sculpting or quadrant removal, is affected by the presence ...

In 1747, French surgeon Jacques Daviel introduced extracapsular cataract extraction. He made a large corneal incision (more than 10 mm) with a knife and punctured the outer surface or capsule of ...

Wisner says it’s possible that some patients will develop posterior capsular opacification, also referred to as a secondary cataract. In approximately 20% of patients, a clouding of the capsule ...

Once a cataract is removed, it can't come back. However, some people may experience posterior capsule opacification (PCO), which causes similar symptoms but is not an actual cataract.

Intracapsular Cataract Extraction (ICCE) This procedure involves removing the eye's entire natural lens and the lens capsule, the outer layer covering the lens that gives it its shape. Following ...

Capsular tension segments (CTS ... and operating on nuclear sclerotic cataracts earlier. [1] Postoperatively, due to a breakdown in blood-aqueous barrier, increased inflammation including higher ...

[3] In 1747, a French ophthalmologist, Jacques Daviel, was the first to perform extracapsular cataract extraction through a large corneal incision. Then, he would incise the anterior capsule and ...

There are three predominant forms of cataract depending on their anatomical location in the eye lens: cortical, nuclear and posterior sub-capsular (PSC). As a person ages, any one type, or a ...

On closer inspection, there was an area of extensive zonular loss with a gap seen between the iris and the anterior lens capsule of the cataract spanning about 3 clock hours or 90°. There was ...

While the short-term visual outcome for patients undergoing cataract surgery is often excellent, a large proportion of operated eyes subsequently develop posterior capsular opacification (PCO), a ...

Using a three-dimensional imaging method, the laser takes photographs and measurements of the eye to use in its treatment and helps to: Create the central opening in the capsule – the delicate, thin ...