ABSTRACT Purpose: This study set out to examine the impact of surgical treatment of senile cataract on visual acuity and quality of life in patients operated in a public teaching hospital. Methods: Prospective study including patients aged over 60 years with clinical indications for cataract surgery treated at a medical residency service. The National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 was applied. Corrected distance visual acuity was measured before and after cataract surgery. Correlations between National Eye Institute Visual Function […]

ABSTRACT Minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries are surgical treatment alternatives for glaucoma aimed at reducing intraocular pressure with a better safety profile compared to traditional trabeculectomy. However, in spite of less invasive techniques, complications may develop in any surgical procedure. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of anterior uveitis following combined treatment with cataract surgery and iStent inject® which addresses the management of postoperative inflammation.

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate quality of life of elderly patients before and after cataract surgery. Methods: A longitudinal analytical study with quantitative approach. Data collection was performed in two stages (before cataract surgery and 2 months after the procedure), when two questionnaires were used – a sociodemographic and the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQLD). Descriptive statistics and Student’s t test, analysis of variance, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were employed. Results: A total of 34 elderly individuals participated in […]

ABSTRACT Purpose: To investigate the correlation between quality of life and decreased visual acuity in elders with senile cataract. Methods: A transversal and quantitative study involving 53 elderly patients with senile cataracts and candidates for cataract surgery in a private ophthalmology clinic in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais. For sociodemographic investigation, a questionnaire elaborated by the authors was used. Research on visual-related quality of life was done through the National Eye Institute – Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NEI-VFQ 25) questionnaire. For […]

Abstract Objective: To identify the difficulties of patients with senile cataract in the access to the facectomy by Unified Health System ( SUS – Sistema Único de Saúde) in the Medical and Diagnostic Center (CEMED) of Aparecida de Goiânia. Methods: Cross-sectional and observational research with data collection from a standardized questionnaire applied preoperatively. Results: The sample consisted of 150 patients: 56% women and 44% men. The average age was 66.05 ± 9.21 years. Most (57.3%) had a previous diagnosis of […]

We herein report a patient without risk factors who presented acute bilateral Irvine-Gass syndrome after uneventful phacoemulsification. The novelty of our case lies on the fact that the patient presented acute bilateral Irvine-Gass syndrome without a predisposing systemic disease. Even though Cystoid Macular Edema (CME) was somehow expected in the first eye because of the ocular history of trauma, prophylactic measures were not strong enough to avoid its development. Furthermore, those measures could not avoid developing CME in the second […]

Relatamos aqui um paciente sem fatores de risco que apresentou síndrome de Irvine-Gass bilateral aguda após facoemulsificação sem intercorrências. A novidade do nosso caso reside no fato de o paciente apresentar síndrome de Irvine-Gass bilateral aguda sem doença sistêmica predisponente. Embora o Edema Macular Cistoide (EMC) fosse de alguma forma esperado no primeiro olho por causa do histórico ocular de trauma, as medidas profiláticas não foram suficientemente fortes para evitar seu desenvolvimento. Além disso, essas medidas não puderam evitar o […]

Relatamos um caso de um paciente submetido a facectomia por facoemulsificação sob bloqueio anestésico peribulbar, sem intercorrências per-operatória, que apresentou no primeiro dia de pós-operatório baixa visual significativa. À fundoscopia observou-se palidez em aspecto de mácula em cereja. A angiofluoresceinografia não demonstrou sinais de oclusão vascular e a tomografia de coerência óptica mostrou aumento da refletividade das camadas internas da retina, sugerindo espessamento e edema local. No caso descrito foi aventada hipótese diagnóstica de oclusão arterial retiniana transitória.