The Cataract and Refractive Surgery Research Laboratory

Conducting both in-vivo and in-vitro investigations to examine the efficacy of IOL designs and the surgical techniques used to implant them
The Cataract and Refractive Surgery Research Laboratory
 
 
 
The Cataract and Refractive Surgery Research Laboratory
Cataract extraction with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation is the most common surgical procedure with approximately 400,000 performed every year within the UK. 
The Cataract and Refractive Surgery Research team at the University of Plymouth conducts both in-vivo and in-vitro investigations to examine the efficacy of IOL designs and the surgical techniques used to implant them. The team has developed new outcome measures for the clinical assessment of IOLs which assess; visual function, the subjective perception of vision, and the stability of the IOLs within the eye. In addition, the team uses their experience of applied optics to assess the optical quality and structural integrity of IOLs using both computer modelling and optical bench testing. The “real world influences” of IOL implantation on factors such as mobility and balance are assessed in collaboration with interdisciplinary research teams within the school of health professions.

Current research projects recruiting participants: 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Key publications

Buckhurst H, Gilmartin B, Cubbidge R & Logan NS (2023) 'Conformation of the anterior segment in human myopia' Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics; 43 (3) 368-376
Law EM, Buckhurst HD, Aggarwal RK, El-Kasaby H, Marsden J, Shum GL & Buckhurst PJ (2022) 'Optimising curve fitting techniques to look for standardisation of the analysis of defocus curves derived from multifocal intraocular lenses' Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
Buckhurst PJ, Lau G, Williams JI & Packer M (2022) 'Efficacy of a One-Piece Aberration Neutral Hydrophobic Acrylic Toric Intraocular Lens' Clinical Ophthalmology 16, 3763-3774 
Martínez-Plaza E, López-de la Rosa A, Papadatou E, Habib NE, Del Águila-Carrasco AJ, López-Miguel A, Maldonado MJ & Buckhurst PJ (2022) 'Influence of decentration and tilt of Tecnis ZCB00 on visual acuity and higher order aberrations' Eye
Law EM, Aggarwal RK, Buckhurst H, Kasaby HE, Marsden J, Shum G & Buckhust PJ (2021) 'One-year post-operative comparison of visual function and patient satisfaction with trifocal and extended depth of focus intraocular lenses' European Journal of Ophthalmology 32, (5) 2967-2974 , DOI Open access
Law EM, Aggarwal RK, Buckhurst H, Kasaby HE, Marsden J, Shum G & Buckhust PJ (2021) 'Predicting the Postoperative Addition Power of a Multifocal Intraocular Lens at the Spectacle Plane' Journal of Refractive Surgery 37, (5) 318-323 , DOI Open access
Swampillai AJ, Khanan Kaabneh A, Habib NE, Hamer C & Buckhurst PJ (2020) 'Correction: Efficacy of toric intraocular lens implantation with high corneal astigmatism within the United Kingdom’s National Health Service' Eye 34, (6) 1153-1153
Luger MHA, McAlinden C, Buckhurst PJ, Wolffsohn JS, Verma S & Arba-Mosquera S (2020) 'Long-term Outcomes After LASIK Using a Hybrid Bi-aspheric Micro-monovision Ablation Profile for Presbyopia Correction' Journal of Refractive Surgery 36, (2) 89-96
Law E, Aggarwal R, Buckhurst H, Kasaby H, Marsden J, Shum G & Buckhurst P (2020) 'Visual Function and Subjective Perception of Vision following bilateral implantation of monofocal and multifocal intraocular lenses: A Randomised Controlled Trial' Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 46, (7) 1020-1020
Buckhurst HD, Gilmartin B, Lam A, Cubbidge RP & Logan NS (2020) 'In vivo measures of anterior scleral resistance in humans with rebound tonometry' Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 40, (4) 472-481 , DOI Open access
Del Águila-Carrasco, A. J., Papadatou, E., & Buckhurst, P. J. (2019). Measuring aberrations of multifocal and extended depth-of-focus intraocular lenses. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, 45(10), 1516-1517.
Del Águila-Carrasco AJ, Domínguez-Vicent A, Monsálvez-Romín D, Esteve-Taboada JJ, Papadatou E. (2018). Tolerance to rotation of toric monofocal and bifocal intraocular lenses. Optik; 157: 582-591
Papadatou E, Del Águila-Carrasco AJ, Marín-Franch I, López-Gil N. (2016). Temporal multiplexing with adaptive optics for simultaneous vision. Biomedical Optics Express; 7: 4102-13.
Papadatou E, Del Águila-Carrasco AJ, Esteve-Taboada JJ, Madrid-Costa D, Montés-Micó R. (2016). A method to assess the in vitro optical quality of presbyopic solutions based on the axial modulation transfer function. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery; 42: 780-7.
Domínguez-Vicent A, Esteve-Taboada J, Del Águila-Carrasco AJ, Ferrer-Blasco T, Montés-Micó R. (2016) In vitro optical quality comparison between the Mini WELL ready progressive multifocal and the TECNIS Symfony. Graefe’s Archives for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology; 254: 1387-97.
Domínguez-Vicent A, Esteve‐Taboada J, Del Águila-Carrasco A, Ferrer-Blasco T, Montés-Micó R. (2016). In vitro optical quality comparison of 2 trifocal intraocular lenses and 1 progressive multifocal intraocular lens. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery; 42: 138-47
Esteve-Taboada JJ, Domínguez-Vicent A, Del Águila-Carrasco AJ, Ferrer-Blasco T, Montés-Micó R. (2015). Effect of Large Apertures on the Optical Quality of Three Multifocal Lenses. Journal of Refractive Surgery; 31:666-76.
Wolffsohn, J. S., & Buckhurst, P. J. (2010). Objective analysis of toric intraocular lens rotation and centration. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, 36(5), 778-782.
Buckhurst, P. J., Wolffsohn, J. S., Davies, L. N., & Naroo, S. A. (2010). Surgical correction of astigmatism during cataract surgery. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 93(6), 409-418.
Buckhurst, P. J., Wolffsohn, J. S., Naroo, S. A., Davies, L. N., Bhogal, G. K., Kipioti, A., & Shah, S. (2012). Multifocal intraocular lens differentiation using defocus curves. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 53(7), 3920-3926.