CASE SUMMARY: AMIODARONE KERATOPATHY WITH IRREGULAR ASTIGMATISM AND CATARACT A 70-year-old male was referred for cataract evaluation due to decreased best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), measured at 20/80 in the right eye and 20/60 in the left eye. His manifest...
UNRECOGNIZED INTRAOPERATIVE FLOPPY IRIS SYNDROME IN A PATIENT ON PROSTATE MEDICATION UNDERGOING CATARACT SURGERY IN 2004: A RETROSPECTIVE CASE STUDY This case study describes a 2004 incident involving a patient who experienced significant intraoperative challenges...
CASE #1: HOCKEY STICK TRAUMA Patient: 46-year-old male with high myopia and astigmatism Pre-op Refraction: Right Eye: -6.25 -3.75 × 106 (20/25) Left Eye: -6.75 -3.00 × 73 (20/25) Procedure: Bilateral toric ICL implantation (2010) Post-op Outcome: 20/20 uncorrected...
CASE OVERVIEW: Mike Palmateer, a 66-year-old former fan-favourite goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs, considered one of the top 100 Leafs of all time, was referred to the Bochner Eye Institute for consideration of vision correction surgery. He required glasses for...
CASE OVERVIEW: A 25-year-old competitive male snowboarder desired vision correction to eliminate the need for glasses or contact lenses and was referred to the Bochner Eye Institute. As a leading Canadian snowboarder, he excelled in his sport but found that his...
CASE OVERVIEW: A 49-year-old woman, who had radial keratotomy (RK) 15 years ago, was referred for refractive surgery. Her refractive error was: Right eye: +5.25 -3.25 × 60 (corrected to 20/25) Left eye: +3.00 -1.75 × 70 (corrected to 20/30) She had a 16-cut RK in the...
