Production, sale of anterior chamber lens suspended

Ophthalmology Times;  March 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Refractive Surgeons in London. One anterior chamber phakic IUL (Vivarte, IOLTECH SA, La...patients hve required explantation of the anterior chamber lens. In light of these concerns...halt the production and sale of the anterior chamber lens for the correction of high myopia...

Slow, controlled injection key to successful IOL implantation

Ophthalmology Times;  September 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......key to successful IQL implantation Anterior chamber lens with 6-mm optic is carefully...AcrySof ReSTOR (Alcon Laboratories Inc.) anterior chamber, angle-supported, phakic refractive...is delivered into the eye while the anterior chamber is filled with viscoelastic and the...

Viscoelastic in Ophthalmic Surgery

Ophthalmology Times;  December 15, 2004 ;     608 words ......Instruments Corp)-and pressurize the anterior chamber with Healon5. The high viscosity of...dilated, and bringing them into the anterior chamber for emulsification and aspiration...obtaining the desired result. The Tight Anterior Chamber In cases of nanophthalmos, phacomorphic...

Software upgrades offer lower ultrasound power, phaco time

Ophthalmology Times;  February 15, 2003 ;     480 words ......prevent heat from being dispersed in anterior chamber Rosenheim, Germany-Recent software...prevent heat from being dispersed in the anterior chamber. Normally, phaco power is set to 10...recorded directly at the iris. In the anterior chamber, the temperature does not exceed 300...

Anterior chamber IOLs have evolved over time

Ophthalmology Times;  November 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......iris. Another location can be in the anterior chamber. Let's look at the evolution of anterior chamber IOLs (AC IOLs) in this month's column...an 8% to 10% incidence of glaucoma. Anterior chamber lenses In 1952, A. Baron first implanted...

Presbyopic phakic IOL offers lens for near, distance vision

Ophthalmology Times;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......no astigmatism, an open angle, and anterior chamber depth of at least 3 mm. Dr. Baikoff...the best features of angle-supported anterior chamber phakic implants with those of the...develop a foldable, angle-supported anterior chamber phakic implant," he said. Since the...

Posterior chamber implantation offers novel use for IOL

Ophthalmology Times;  December 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......capsular support can be treated with anterior chamber aphakic lens Reviewed by Tobias Neuhann...to the challenges that arise with anterior chamber IOL implantation. Tobias Neuhann...technique that uses this normally anterior chamber IOL in a novel way. "The advantages...

Georgia, Wisconsin, Oklahoma Inventors Develop Eye Intraocular Pressure...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 15, 2007 ;     343 words ......pressure of an eye having a sclera and an anterior chamber. According to the U.S. Patent &...sclera, feet for positioning in the anterior chamber, and a neck between the body and the...between the scleral recess and the anterior chamber. The implant feet extend beyond the...

Earlier surgery for glaucoma is encouraged

Ophthalmology Times;  February 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......air bubble was used to maintain the anterior chamber," he recounted, "The procedure of...encountered complication was a flat anterior chamber postoperatively. post-operatively...frequently resulted in loss of vision. Anterior chamber hemorrhages with blood under the bleb...

Cornea tolerates prolonged exposure to viscoadaptive

Ophthalmology Times;  March 1, 2004 ;     604 words ......eye in association with its use for anterior chamber stabilization following trabeculectomy...in one eye. There were no cases of anterior chamber flattening or any IOP spikes (increase...routine trabeculectomy case where the anterior chamber was filled with 2.3% sodium hyaluronate...

Multifocal phakic IOL helpful in tackling presbyopia

Ophthalmology Times;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Anterior chamber lens However, postoperative complications...implantation of the NewLife multifocal anterior chamber phakic IOL (GBR lens, IOL-Tech...phakic multifocal IOL should be an anterior chamber implant but the anterior chamber...

Sports-related traumatic hyphema.

American Family Physician;  September 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ......is the accumulation of blood in the anterior chamber of the eye. Traumatic hyphema, an...Blunt trauma causes an increase in anterior chamber pressure, which produces a tear of...and results in bleeding within the anterior chamber[7] (Figure 1). A penetrating injury...

Miniature glaucoma shunt under a scleral flap lowers IOP

Ophthalmology Times;  June 1, 2003 ;     697 words ......implant divert excess aqueous humor from anterior chamber to subconjunctival bleb Johannesburg...diverts excess aqueous humor from the anterior chamber to a subconjunctival bleb. The shunt...viscoelastic material or use of a miniature anterior chamber maintainer with balanced salt ...

Two-piece anterior chamber IOL offers hope for myopia

Ophthalmology Times;  October 1, 2002 ;     647 words ......refractive surgery patients. New York-An anterior chamber phakic IOL for the treatment of high...combats the four major problems facing anterior chamber lenses, according to cataract surgeon...incision was always a problem with anterior chamber lenses" explained Dr. Kelman during...

Complications after PK should be approached systematically

Ophthalmology Times;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......penetrating keratoplasty (PK), including flat anterior chamber, pupillary block, wound leak, early...Surgery annual meeting. Flat or shallow anterior chamber. With a flat or shallow anterior chamber, the key question is the IOP, which...