Isabel A Joia, Jonas M Dürmüller, Willi Halfter, Carsten H Meyer, Paul Bernhard Henrich
{"title":"Capsulotomy Morphology in Cataract Surgery: A Comparison of 5 Femtosecond Lasers.","authors":"Isabel A Joia, Jonas M Dürmüller, Willi Halfter, Carsten H Meyer, Paul Bernhard Henrich","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001758","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To compare the capsulotomy rim morphology of anterior lens capsules obtained by five femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery platforms: Catalys, FEMTO LDV Z8, LensAR, LenSx, and Victus.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>University Eye Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Experimental study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Anterior lens capsules from six interventions per laser platform were collected (N = 30). Four of each were assessed under light microscopy (n = 20), and two were assessed under scanning electron microscopy (n = 10). A qualitative evaluation of all samples was conducted, as well as a semi-quantitative analysis of the extent of irregularities present in light microscopy samples. Dunn's multiple comparisons test was conducted to determine which lasers produced significantly smoother capsulotomies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Irregularities along the lens capsule rim were observed in all samples. Distinct irregularities were observed for Catalys (unconnected laser pulses bordering the capsulotomy), FEMTO LDV Z8 (numerous additional rows of laser pulses), and LensAR (at least one section with multiple rows of laser pulses). Victus demonstrated a significantly higher degree of smoothness of capsulotomy (median = 306°) compared to Catalys (median = 171°) (P = 0.02). The medians for other laser platforms fell between these values.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Different laser platforms produce morphologically and quantitatively distinct irregularities, which may influence capsulotomy strength differently. FEMTO LDV Z8, a low-energy laser, did not produce a smoother capsulotomy than the high-energy lasers. Our results suggest that, with current technologies, the precision of the laser is more important than the pulse energy in determining the regularity of the capsulotomy surface.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144846633","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}
Hyeck-Soo Son, Gerd U Auffarth, Isabella Baur, Ramin Khoramnia, Grzegorz Labuz
{"title":"Simulated Ocular Biometry Effects on Add-Power Demand in Multifocal Intraocular Lenses.","authors":"Hyeck-Soo Son, Gerd U Auffarth, Isabella Baur, Ramin Khoramnia, Grzegorz Labuz","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001763","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001763","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>There is inter-subject variability in position of secondary peaks in defocus-curves among patients who received the same multifocal intraocular lens (IOL). This study used ray-tracing simulations to assess the dependency of add-power demand on ocular biometry.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>David J. Apple Laboratory for Ocular Pathology.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Experimental study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Optical biometry of 34 patients scheduled for routine cataract surgery was collected and the following parameters used to build a personalized eye model: keratometry (K), anterior chamber depth (ACD), and axial length (AL). Ray-tracing software was applied for pseudophakic-eye simulations. Each model featured a biconvex lens with radii of curvature adjusted for best distance-vision. Trial glasses with -4D, -3D, -2D, and -1.5D were placed in front of a virtual eye. The IOL-power change required to induce a desirable near/intermediate effect at the spectacle plane was calculated with respect to the far-point condition.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean values for K, ACD, and AL were 7.79±0.24mm, 3.22±0.60mm, and 23.77±1.34mm, respectively. The lowest and highest add power (IOL plane) varied by 0.39D, 0.52D, 0.76D, 0.98D for -1.5D, -2D, -3D and -4D trial glasses, respectively. High correlation was found between the observed add-power change and the ACD, indicating a linear increase of the add-power demand for larger ACD values. The AL and the K demonstrated poor or no correlation with the required IOL-power adjustment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The ACD, which determines the effective lens position in our model, has greater impact on add-power demand than AL or K. The reported change may contribute to inter-subject variability in defocus curves of multifocal patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144846634","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":"Electron Microscopic Irregularities Resulting from Post-manufacture Modifications to Intraocular Lenses.","authors":"Adam R Leone, Megan M Tuohy, Michael E Snyder","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001762","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intraocular lenses undergo rigorous safety testing before market approval, though are sometimes modified by surgeons post-manufacture in practice. This includes techniques such as haptic curing, IOL \"punch,\" and trans-optic suture passage. We employed reported techniques to modify IOLs and imaged them with a scanning electron microscope. We found that the cured haptic was asymmetric and not as wide as expected for the degree of melt, thus not as robust to prevent possible haptic intrusion. The IOL \"punch\" created sharp edges, a radial matrix crack, irregular debris, and sharp shards of acrylic emanating from the edges. The mattress suture caused disruption at suture entry and exit points as well as surface undulation overlying the intra-optic suture pass. Post-manufacture modification of IOLs changes morphology and surface topography, which may affect IOL position, tolerance, optical function, and/or inflammatory potential. Surgeons should be aware of these possible consequences when considering post-manufacture modification of IOLs.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144835208","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":"Lens Absorption Secondary to Uveitis.","authors":"Jiancheng Mu, Wei Fan","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001761","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144821545","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}
Rui Silva, Marta Pereira, Christophe Pinto, Mariana Oliveira, José Mendes, Nuno Franqueira, Tiago Monteiro
{"title":"LONG-TERM RESULTS OF EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF LENS VAULT FOLLOWING IMPLANTATION OF POSTERIOR CHAMBER IMPLANTABLE COLLAMER LENS.","authors":"Rui Silva, Marta Pereira, Christophe Pinto, Mariana Oliveira, José Mendes, Nuno Franqueira, Tiago Monteiro","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001760","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To describe and compare the efficacy and safety profile of posterior chamber Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) implantation in eyes with low-vault and non-low vault over a five-year follow-up period.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective, comparative, cohort study of patients submitted to ICL V4c implantation for myopia correction, with a minimum follow-up of 5 years.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two groups were created based on the first postoperative vault measurement evaluation (1 month): Group 1 (< 250 μm) and Group 2 (≥ 250 μm). Patients with previous ocular surgery or pathologies that would affect visual outcomes were excluded. The parameters evaluated were uncorrected and corrected visual acuity, subjective refraction, efficacy and safety index, predictability, endothelial cell density, central vault, and postoperative complications. One hundred seven eyes from 67 patients in group 1 and 289 eyes from 164 patients in group 2 were evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At 5 years, the safety and efficacy index were similar (p=0.224 and p=0.390, respectively). Respectively, 80 (76.2%) and 201 (70.5%) eyes were within ±0.50 D of targeted refraction. There was a significant reduction in vault measurements in both groups (p=0.034 and p<0.001, respectively). No significant differences between groups in endothelial cell density loss were noted (p=0.096). The low-vault group presented a higher incidence of crystalline lens opacities/cataracts (5.6% versus 1.7%), although only one patient in group 2 was submitted to cataract surgery.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>ICL implantation for surgical correction of myopia yielded stable visual results with excellent safety and efficacy indexes in patients with low vault.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144821546","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":"Direct measurement of the horizontal and vertical ciliary sulcus placements using ultrasound biomicroscopy in myopic eyes.","authors":"Xiaoxue Zhang, Chiwen Cheng, Xuejun Wang, Meipan Shi, Yichen Xiao, Qinhong Lin, Xingtao Zhou, Shengtao Liu","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001757","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpos: </strong>To investigate the spatial placements of the horizontal and vertical ciliary sulcus through ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) analysis.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>EYE & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Prospective observational clinical study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study comprised 82 eyes of preoperative ICL candidates with myopic implantable collamer lens (ICL). UBM was used to measure the ciliary sulcus to sulcus (STS), central distance from endothelium to STS (ASL) crystalline lens to STS (STSL), the angle to angle distance (ATA) and ACD to crystalline lens (ACD-L) in both the horizontal and vertical orientations. Mean keratometry (Km), axial lengths (AL), and horizontal white-to-white distance (WTW) were also recorded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean ASL was 3.574 ± 0.183 and 3.725 ± 0.198 mm, while the mean STSL was 0.488 ± 0.175 and 0.629 ± 0.161 mm in the horizontal and vertical orientations, respectively (P < .001). The vertical STSL (vSTSL) exceeded the horizontal STSL (hSTSL) by a mean difference of 0.141±0.128 mm, and similarly, the vASL exceeded the hASL by a mean difference of 0.151±0.137 mm. Both the hSTSL and vSTSL showed a negative correlation with ACD (P < .001). The difference in STSL (vSTSL-hSTSL) was positively correlated with vSTSL, vASL, and the difference in STS (all P < .05) and negatively correlated with hSTSL and hASL (both P < .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The ciliary sulcus is typically located more posteriorly in the vertical orientation than in the horizontal orientation.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145033328","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}
María Teresa Álvarez García, Esther Rivera Ruiz, David P Piñero
{"title":"FULL CHARACTERIZATION OF OPACIFICATIONS OF A SPECIFIC TYPE OF HYDROPHILIC INTRAOCULAR LENSES INCLUDING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANALYSIS.","authors":"María Teresa Álvarez García, Esther Rivera Ruiz, David P Piñero","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001756","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To characterize clinically and morphologically the opacification of a specific type of intraocular lenses (IOLs).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Miranza IOA, Madrid, Spain.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Ambispective observational study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Fifty-nine eyes of 50 patients who underwent cataract surgery between 2010 and 2017 with implantation of various Lentis Mplus IOL models (Oculentis GmbH, Berlin, Germany) developed IOL opacification. The opacification was assessed via slit lamp examination and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Its impact on visual acuity (VA), far contrast sensitivity (CS) and near vision satisfaction using the NAVQ10 questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean time to IOL opacification development was 56.4±24.0 months. The most common opacification patterns were total diffuse (44.1%), peripheral plaque (33.9%) and miscellaneous (8.5%). Both uncorrected and corrected distance and near VA significantly worsened upon detection of IOL opacification (p<0.001). Mean CS values for 6, 12 and 18 cycles/º fell outside the range of normality. Fewer than 8% of patients reported extreme difficulties performing near vision tasks. OCT measurements revealed mean maximum and minimum opacification thicknesses of 72.2±24.6 and 51.8±21.2 µm, respectively. IOL explantation was required in 8 eyes (13.6%), with significant VA improvement after IOL exchange (p<0.001). Severe postoperative complications occurred in 3 patients following explantation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Opacification of Lentis Mplus IOLs typically presents with a diffuse pattern, leading to deterioration in VA and CS. This complication can be managed by exchanging the opacified IOL with a fully transparent alternative; however, the surgical procedure carries inherent risks that require careful consideration.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144794564","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":"Bilateral Lens Subluxation in a Child with Marfan Syndrome.","authors":"Mengting Yu, Kang Chishan, Wu Wenjie","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001754","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144794563","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":"Hemorrhagic capsular block syndrome after cataract surgery.","authors":"Kendra L Hong, Sun Young Lee","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001753","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144794565","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}
Carmen Balian, Jack E Teplitsky, Wissam Nassrallah, Aman Sayal, Rosa Braga-Mele, Sherif El-Defrawy, Amrit S Rai, John Lloyd, Amandeep S Rai
{"title":"Documenting the subjective patient experience of first versus second eye during immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery.","authors":"Carmen Balian, Jack E Teplitsky, Wissam Nassrallah, Aman Sayal, Rosa Braga-Mele, Sherif El-Defrawy, Amrit S Rai, John Lloyd, Amandeep S Rai","doi":"10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001755","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>During delayed sequential bilateral cataract surgery patients tend to have subjectively inferior experiences during the second eye surgery than the first eye surgery. Our study investigated if this phenomenon would still occur during immediate sequential bilateral cataract (ISBCS) as both operations are performed within the same surgical visit.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>To investigate this, we enrolled patients undergoing ISBCS at a multi-surgeon ophthalmic surgical center into our study.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Our study used a survey-based prospective design to measure the experience of these patients with ISBCS. The first eye which underwent surgery was randomized.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients of the center undergoing routine cataract surgery who enrolled in the study completed a questionnaire immediately after surgery to describe their surgical experience for each eye. Survey questions measured patient pain, discomfort or pressure, comfort, relaxation, estimated length of surgery and predicted visual outcome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patient reported level of pain during the second eye surgery was significantly greater than for the first eye (p<0.001). Furthermore, the order of surgery was found to be a strong predictor of patient reported pain (p<0.001), more so than surgical length (p<0.008), additional anesthesia (p<0.35), patient age (p<0.44) or patient sex (p<0.88). Overall, surgery during the first eye was reported as more comfortable (p<0.001) and shorter in duration (p<0.001) while discomfort and pressure were reported as worse for the second eye (p<0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Understanding differential experiences between eyes can help surgeons when counselling patients regarding expectations for ISBCS and related visual outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":15214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cataract and refractive surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144784315","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}