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S N Saba

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PubMed1999

Simultaneous bilateral cataract extraction.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the visual outcome and safety of simultaneous bilateral cataract extraction. SETTING: Stobhill Hospital NHS Trust, Glasgow, United Kingdom. METHODS: This retrospective case review comprised 259 consecutive patients (518 eyes) who had simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery. Surgeries included bilateral extracapsular procedures, uniocular extracapsular procedures performed simultaneously with a different type of intraocular lens surgery in the other eye, and 1 bilateral intracapsular procedure. Outcome measures were postoperative best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), intraoperative and postoperative complication rates, and conjunctival swab culture results. RESULTS: Eighty-three percent of patients (75% of eyes) with measured preoperative and postoperative BSCVA achieved an acuity of 6/12 or better. Intraoperative and postoperative complication rates were similar to those in previous reports of unilateral extracapsular surgery and simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery. Endophthalmitis occurred in 1 eye (0.19%). There were no bilateral complications that resulted in visual loss. Cultures were positive from 42% of conjunctival swabs; 81% of positive cultures were coagulase-negative Staphylococcus and 10% were Staphylococcus aureus. CONCLUSIONS: Simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery did not lead to an increased incidence of serious intraoperative or postoperative complications, and visual acuity results were good.

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PubMed1997

Neodymium: YAG laser discission of postoperative pupillary membrane: peripheral photodisruption.

Eight eyes in six consecutive Caucasian women who developed postoperative pupillary membrane in the visual axis were treated with a neodymium:YAG (Nd:YAG) laser using a peripheral quadrantic disruption technique. All patients had outpatient cataract extraction with or without trabeculectomy under local anesthesia. One patient had penetrating keratoplasty. In all cases, the pupillary membrane disappeared. Visual acuity improved to 6/6 except in two eyes, one in a patient with Down's syndrome, making it difficult to assess best corrected visual acuity, and the other in a patient with myopic macular changes. No significant complications occurred.

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PubMed1991

Combined lipid-lowering and antihypertensive treatment as part of a strategy of multiple risk factor intervention.

Thirty-six patients with treated mild to moderate hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia (greater than 6.5 mmol/l) entered a 12 week study to evaluate the efficacy and patient tolerability of combined lipid-lowering and antihypertensive treatment as part of a strategy of multiple risk factor intervention. The principal effects on the plasma lipid profiles were significant reductions of 30-40% in total and LDL cholesterol. These reductions were achieved without loss of blood pressure control. There was no significant impact on HDL cholesterol or on lipoprotein Lp(a). These preliminary results suggest that substantial reductions in total and LDL cholesterol can be achieved without compromising blood pressure control which remained satisfactory at 144/82 supine and 143/80 mmHg standing. Furthermore, these changes were achieved without any problems of patient tolerability or interference with patient compliance with drug treatment. Overall, therefore, substantial reductions in CHD risk can be achieved with an acceptable combination of lipid lowering and antihypertensive treatments.

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