This 30-year-old patient had a high myopia and with-the-rule astigmatism. Her best-corrected-visual-acuity was 20/20 with -6.75 -2.50 x 10. Her cornea had an asymmetric bowtie, and we were concerned with laser vision correction. We then decided to implant a toric phakic intraocular lens (Visian ICL® toric) and, 1 week after surgery, she was 20/20 J1 uncorrected. Note the central anterior vaulting of the phakic lens away from the crystalline lens, as well as the central hole to allow for aqueous […]

The term “neovascular glaucoma” (NVG) was proposed by Weiss in 1963, although this disease has received different names, such as congestive, rubeotic congestion, rubeotic and hemorrhagic glaucoma.() This occurs as a result of a chronic and maintained lack of oxygen (ischemia) in the retina, which stimulates the formation of new blood vessels in an attempt to better oxygenate an ischemic retina (A phenomenon called neovascularization).() […]