IOL says it has secured R200m from shareholders to fund a national expansion drive. The announcement lands at a loaded moment: Iqbal Survé is stepping down as Sekunjalo chair, Independent Media is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Complex cataract surgery presents unique challenges when capsular support is absent or compromised by trauma, ...

Longer iris length is a strong independent risk factor for the development of reverse pupillary block following intraocular lens fixation surgery. Reverse pupillary block (RPB) after intraocular lens ...

Four patients (four eyes) with severely subluxated cataracts underwent surgery. A spatula was used to elevate and stabilize the dislocated lens in the retropupillary space to facilitate capsulorhexis.

Oral fixation may occur if a person’s needs are not met during a specific stage of childhood development, according to a theory introduced by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Oral fixations include habits ...

Yes, a doctor can remove and replace an intraocular lens (IOL), a procedure known as an IOL exchange. However, this approach is rarely necessary. According to a 2023 retrospective study, past research ...

Beans are a key food at the dietary level, boasting high nutritional value and constituting the most directly consumed legume. They also have a "superpower" in the field: they are able to fix nitrogen ...

Corneal edema is the most common complication of anterior chamber IOL placement, whereas iris fixation has a higher rate of vitreous hemorrhages and IOL decentration or dislocation. Secondary ...

Visual assessment of the accuracy of the (semi) automatic segmentation of soybean nodule vasculature using Biomedisa’s smart interpolation algorithm. A research team used synchrotron-based X-ray ...