{"title":"In vivo capsular bag size in children with congenital cataract: implications for placement of intraocular lens.","authors":"Jaspreet Sukhija, Savleen Kaur, Kajree Gupta, Kiran Kumari, Sameer Sethi","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001631","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001631","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To measure the equatorial lens diameter in vivo and correlate it with other biometric variables in children undergoing cataract surgery.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Tertiary care institution.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Prospective case series.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Children younger than 5 years with cataracts were included. Those with corneal opacities, previous ocular surgery, traumatic cataracts, and/or any coexisting corneal or retinal ocular pathology were excluded. In addition to routine investigations, all patients underwent ultrasound biomicroscopy of both eyes. Correlation between the measured value of axial length (AL), corneal diameter, age, and bag diameters and their effect on intraocular lens (IOL) implantation (aphakia/pseudophakia) were observed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 112 eyes of 68 children with a mean age of 11.42 ± 11.34 months (1 month to 4 years). Mean capsular bag diameter (CBD) in the eyes where IOL was placed successfully in the bag was 8.27 ± 0.6 mm (7.1 to 9.39 mm). The eyes in which IOL placement was difficult in the bag and who either were left aphakic or had bicapsular capture IOL placed had a mean diameter of 7.09 ± 0.99 mm (5.23 to 9.09 mm) ( P < .05). A significant and positive correlation was found between CBD and age, AL, and corneal diameter ( P = .00; 0.00; 0.001 and r = 0.4, 0.4, and 0.8, respectively). Bag diameter had the highest association (odds ratio 4) with successful IOL placement.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Bag diameters should be measured preoperatively in children with cataracts along with other biometric variables as it is the most important measurement that helps in making a decision regarding implantation and positioning of IOL.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":"483-487"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143399176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interlenticular membrane formation after piggyback lens implantation: novel AS-OCT imaging of a well-documented complication.","authors":"Brooke E Heckel, Amar K Bhat, Vishal Jhanji","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001648","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001648","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":"535"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143541925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on: Impact of quality indicators on variability of keratometry measurements using a SS-OCT-based optical biometer.","authors":"Kristian Næser","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001666","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001666","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":"537"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143784362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sydney Roston, J Erik Kulenkamp, Abdurahman Ahmed, Ryan Scheurer, Karen R Armbrust
{"title":"Late refractive change after cataract extraction and toric intraocular lens implantation.","authors":"Sydney Roston, J Erik Kulenkamp, Abdurahman Ahmed, Ryan Scheurer, Karen R Armbrust","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001634","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001634","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To report rates of change and identify factors associated with late change in refractive outcome after toric intraocular lens (TIOL) implantation.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Single-site study at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective cohort study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Study inclusion required uncomplicated posterior chamber Alcon SN6ATT TIOL implantation from 2010 to 2017 and refractions 1 month and 5 years postoperatively. Exclusion criteria were sulcus IOL placement, subsequent intraocular or refractive surgery in the operative eye, and 5-year Snellen visual acuity of 20/60 or worse. Outcomes of interest were change in spherical equivalent (SE) and change in magnitude of the astigmatism vector between the postoperative month 1 and postoperative year 5 refractions. Refractive stability was defined as ≤0.5 diopter (D) change in SE and ≤1 D change in magnitude of the astigmatism vector. Predictive factors analyzed included age, sex, race, pseudoexfoliation (PXF) syndrome, axial length (AL), preoperative keratometry measurements (∆K), IOL power, neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet capsulotomy, and intravitreal injections.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 320 eyes meeting study criteria, SE was stable in 241 (75%) eyes, astigmatism was stable in 266 (83%) eyes, and 205 (64%) eyes met criteria for refractive stability with both measures. Multivariable regression analysis identified shorter AL ( P = .018) and larger ∆K ( P = .002) as significant predictors of change in refractive astigmatism and PXF syndrome ( P = .006) as a predictor of hyperopic shift >0.5 D.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A minority of eyes exhibit late refractive change after TIOL implantation. AL, ∆K, and PXF syndrome are independent predictors of late refractive change.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":"496-503"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143399179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Setting standards for astigmatism analysis.","authors":"Douglas D Koch, Thomas Kohnen","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001646","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001646","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":"51 6","pages":"439"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144150399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visual outcomes after implantation of a nondiffractive EDOF intraocular lens in patients with early dry macular degeneration.","authors":"Shail Vasavada, Lajja Shastri, Vandana Nath, Shyamal Dwivedi, Asav Patel, Vaishali Vasavada, Samaresh Srivastava, Abhay R Vasavada","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001627","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001627","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate visual outcomes after implantation of a nondiffractive extended depth-of-focus (EDOF) intraocular lens (IOL) in patients with early age-related dry macular degeneration (AMD).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Iladevi Cataract & IOL Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Prospective, interventional series.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients undergoing cataract surgery with the EDOF AcrySof Vivity IOL and having early dry AMD were included. Primary outcome measures were monocular unaided and corrected distance visual acuity (UDVA, CDVA) 3 months postoperatively. Secondary outcome measures were monocular unaided and distance-corrected intermediate (UIVA, DCIVA) (66 cm) and near (UNVA, DCNVA) (40 cm) visual acuity as well as mesopic contrast sensitivity (CS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>40 eyes (40 patients) with a mean age of 68.5 ± 8.38 (SD) years were included. UDVA and CDVA at 3-month follow-up were 0.12 ± 0.07 and 0.10 ± 0.10 (SD) logMAR. UIVA and DCIVA were 0.25 ± 0.09 and 0.12 ± 0.09 logMAR. UNVA and DCNVA were 0.23 ± 0.10 and 0.19 ± 0.15 logMAR. Mesopic CS values without glare were 1.50 ± 0.10, 1.69 ± 0.26, 1.40 ± 0.30, and 0.84 ± 0.5 units at 3, 6, 12, and 18 cycles per degree. Mesopic CS with glare was 1.53 ± 0.16, 1.63 ± 0.21, 1.21 ± 0.45, and 0.75 ± 0.42 units.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The AcrySof Vivity IOL gave very good distance visual acuity with improved intermediate and near visual acuity without significant compromise in CS in eyes with early dry AMD.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":"456-460"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143399207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative evaluation of clinical results and patient-reported outcomes of enhanced monofocal and conventional monofocal intraocular lenses.","authors":"Ryota Kabura, Tetsuji Takeshita, Kyoka Furushima, Rumi Iwasaki, Rikako Fukuda, Hinako Amikawa, Tetsuro Oshika","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001641","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001641","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate and compare visual performance of 2 enhanced monofocal intraocular lenses (IOLs), XY1-EM (Vivinex Impress) and DIB00V (TECNIS Eyhance), with that of a conventional monofocal IOL, XY-1 (Vivinex).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Kamiamakusa General Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis was conducted on 130 eyes from 75 patients, including 46 eyes (27 patients) implanted with XY1-EM, 47 eyes (26 patients) with DIB00V, and 37 eyes (22 patients) with XY-1.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) was comparable across all 3 groups. Both enhanced monofocal IOLs (XY1-EM and DIB00V) demonstrated significantly superior distance-corrected intermediate visual acuity (DCIVA) at 70 cm and 50 cm compared with the conventional monofocal IOL (XY1). The rates of spectacle independence were also significantly higher in the enhanced monofocal IOL groups. In a direct comparison between the 2 enhanced monofocal IOLs, XY1-EM exhibited a significantly better defocus curve at -1.5 diopters than DIB00V. Patients reported higher subjective satisfaction for \"reading a newspaper\" and \"speed of adaptation to daily vision\" in the XY-1 group compared with the DIB00V group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The new enhanced monofocal IOL, Vivinex Impress XY1-EM, demonstrated significantly improved intermediate visual acuity compared with the conventional monofocal IOL. It also showed slightly superior intermediate visual acuity and higher subjective satisfaction compared with the other enhanced monofocal IOL evaluated in this study.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":"520-524"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143492029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accuracy of predicted refraction using two swept-source optical coherence biometers and an intraoperative aberrometer.","authors":"Keizo Watanabe","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001628","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001628","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To compare the refractive accuracy of Optiwave Refractive Analysis (ORA) using biometric measurements of ARGOS and OA-2000 in the same patient planned for a monofocal intraocular lens (IOL) insertion.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Single center.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Prospective, observational study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients scheduled for cataract surgery between January 2021 and March 2022 (expected corrected distance visual acuity of ≥0.8 postoperatively at 1 to 3 months) underwent preoperative ocular measurements using ARGOS and OA-2000 biometers on the same day, which were entered into the intraoperative aberrometer ORA system to assess the refractive accuracy of the IOL implant and postoperative spherical equivalent at 1 to 3 months. The refractive accuracy was compared between ORA using ARGOS (ORA-AR) and ORA using OA-2000 (ORA-OA). The primary endpoint was the comparison of the mean absolute refractive prediction error (MAE) between the ORA-AR and ORA-OA methods.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 117 eyes of 81 patients were evaluated (mean ± SD age, 72.8 ± 7.4 years; male, 65.4%). The criteria for noninferiority were met between the ORA-AR and ORA-OA methods because the upper boundary of the CI was lower than the noninferiority margin of 0.10 diopter [D] for the difference in MAE (-0.03 D; 95% CI, -0.061 to 0.001). MAE was numerically smaller with ORA-AR (0.243 ± 0.215 D) but not significantly different from that with ORA-OA (0.269 ± 0.246 D).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Postoperative MAE obtained using ORA-AR was noninferior to that of ORA-OA. However, the MAE and SD of refractive prediction errors with ORA-AR were numerically lower than those with ORA-OA.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":"461-467"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143523595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian M Hammer, Yao Zhang, Mario Klafke, Friedrich Paulsen, Johannes Lörner
{"title":"Improvement of keratorefractive lenticule creation by application of a vortex beam in a UV femtosecond laser system.","authors":"Christian M Hammer, Yao Zhang, Mario Klafke, Friedrich Paulsen, Johannes Lörner","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001643","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001643","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To examine the effect of a vortex beam on gas formation and interface quality after keratorefractive lenticule creation with a 347 nm UV femtosecond laser.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Anatomy Unit, University of Fribourg, Switzerland; Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany; WaveLight GmbH, Erlangen, Germany.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Experimental study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Refractive corneal lenticules were created in 40 ex vivo porcine eyes with a 347 nm UV femtosecond laser. In 20 eyes, the laser was operated with a (Laguerre-Gaussian) vortex beam (generated by a spiral phase plate), and in the remaining 20 with a normal (Gaussian) beam. In each group, 12 eyes were used for histological quantification of intraoperative gas formation. The remaining 8 eyes were subjected to scanning electron microscopy after lenticule extraction to evaluate the lenticule bed morphology. The vortex group was compared morphologically and morphometrically with the normal group.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Application of a vortex beam significantly decreased the amount of gas produced intraoperatively. Semiquantitative 2D histomorphometrical analysis of the area occupied by gas bubbles yielded 20 156 ± 5591 μm 2 /mm in the normal samples, as compared with 9495 ± 3966 μm 2 /mm in the vortex samples ( P < .001). Moreover, the lenticule beds created by a UV vortex beam were markedly smoother and more regular than those created by a normal UV laser beam.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Operating a UV femtosecond laser with a vortex beam may significantly decrease the risk of opaque bubble layer formation and increases surgical safety and precision.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":"525-530"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143567224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on: Intraocular lens rotational stability after cataract surgery with and without primary posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis.","authors":"Manasi Tripathi, Ashish Markan","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001664","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001664","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":"536"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143784361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}