Article

During the past few years there has been enormous interest in the use of vital dyes to enhance visualization during various steps of ophthalmic surgeries. In this article, we present applications of the ...

Charles David Kelman, MD (Fig. 1), the father of phacoemulsification, Laureate of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, passed away on June 1, 2004 at 74 years of age after a long fight with cancer....

Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome or IFIS was first described in 2005 by Chang and Campbell, as a clinical triad observed during cataract surgery, that includes fluttering and billowing of the iris strom....

In recent years, Group Practice has become a concept, that is oft en talked about, and everyone seems to wax eloquent on how good and useful Group Practice can be for all involved. And yet, there are very ...

Viscoelastic substances are solutions with dual properties; they act as viscous liquids as well as elastic solids or gels. The ideal viscoelastic substance inophthalmology should be viscous enough to prevent collapse ...

Pseudoexfoliation (PXF) syndrome is the most common identifiable cause of open-angle glaucoma worldwide. PXF is a systemic and ocular condition in which hyaline material of unknown etiology is deposited ...

Sir Harold Ridley, the inventor of IOL, passed away at the age of 94, on 25 May 2001, and ophthalmology lost one of its greatest and most influential practitioners (Fig. 1). We are happ that he lived to enjoy ....