Clinical Research

Implant Division

The Implant Division is based at the QEH and is responsible for the running of intraocular lens implant trials across the 3 sites of the CNON.

The division will also incorporate the Anterior segment & Corneal Fellow who is based at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital with sessions at the Ophthalmic Research Laboratories and Lyall McEwin Hospital.

Current projects include:

• Comparison of three types of aspheric IOL in terms of contrast sensitivity, aberrometry and acuity outcome
  
  
• Phacotrabeculectomy using a biaxial phacoemulsification technique
  
  
• Anterior capsule phimosis with foldable and rollable IOL's
  
  
• Astigmatic outcome of one enlarged wound for IOL implantation in biaxial phacoemulsification
  
  
• Astigmatic outcome following implantation of an IOL through a 1.9mm wound in biaxial phacoemulsification
  
  
• Anterior segment OCT examining effective lens position of ThinOptx IOL's following biaxial phacoemulsification
  
  
• Establishment of optimal choice of type of aspheric IOL to match corneal asphericity
  
  
• Examination of the effect of smoking on the outcome of LASIK and PRK
  
  
• Dynamic contour tonometry following hyperopic LASIK and myopic PRK
  
  

	Thinoptix IOL	Dense cataract	Senile cataract