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To Prof. Graham Barrett, the creator of the Barrett Universal ll formula, and to all ophthalmologists throughout the world.

It was so sad to hear that Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Haigis passed away on 15 October 2019 at the age of 72.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Haigis was the greatest of all of the modern day IOL formula makers.

His last project, unfortunately never to be achieved by him, was in his own words:

" One of the final frontiers in ophthalmology is the consistently accurate calculation of intraocular lens power for all eyes. For eyes where the anterior segment may be abnormal in some way ( influencing the effective lens position), consistently accurate IOL power calculations have remained elusive. "

I am sure that if he had lived for a few years longer, then he would have managed to find a solution to this problem, the problem that has eluded all ophthalmologists to the present day.

It is now left for others to attempt to find a solution to this problem.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Haigis was the only one of all of the modern day IOL formula makers to ever publicly acknowledge the existence of this problem. The rest of the modern day IOL formula makers either chose to deliberately ignore the problem, or worse still, they were all probably completely oblivious to the fact that such a problem even existed.

The author of this article does not in any way mean to disparage any of the work carried out by Prof. Barrett, the creator of the Barrett Universal ll formula.

Yet, no one can argue with the fact that Prof. Barrett's work suffers from one major deficiency. Despite all of his best efforts he has not yet managed to solve the problem of what lenses to use for a person suffering from KERATOCONUS and requiring cataract surgery. As a result of his inadequacy, many thousands of keratoconus sufferers throughout the world have been subjected to unnecessary suffering.

His solution to the problem is more accurate biometry and more advanced algorithms. His approach is entirely wrong. No matter how accurate his biometry is, he will always be faced with the problem of anisometropia due to the asymmetry present in the two eyes.

After several years of painstaking research, funded entirely by myself, I have managed to find a solution to this problem, and no , I do not use the Barrett Universal ll formula. My method is based entirely on another formula.

At the present time , I am blind in both eyes due to the presence of cataracts, and I suffer from, you guessed it, KERATOCONUS. I am from Perth in Western Australia and no ophthalmologist in this backward State led by a backward Premier called Mark McGowan is willing to carry out a cataract operation for me. As soon as they discover that I have keratoconus they show me to the door and tell me to get out. Currently, I am forced to treat my eye condition by myself.

My plight has now become more desperate in that I also suffer from glaucoma. I have been using anti glaucoma eye drops for the past ten years and they have ceased to work. I cannot have glaucoma surgery until the cataracts are first removed and there is no one in Perth, Western Australia who is willing to carry out the operation for me.

In addition, I have hard cataracts and I have found Mark McGowan to be utterly useless as well as cruel and insensitive throughout this whole ordeal. I do not know how such a cruel and callous individual ever became a leader of a state of Australia. With all the resources of the State Government of Western Australia behind him, Premier Mark McGowan was not willing to lift a finger in order to assist me, not even in my research work. I have found the Lions Eye Institute of Western Australia and the Royal Perth Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology to be utterly useless as well.

FOOTNOTE

Keratoconus is a degenerative process affecting the cornea the clear window at the front of the eye distorting it out of shape and interfering with the focus of the eye. The cornea becomes more conical in shape and this makes vision blurry by making the eye more short sighted and distorts vision by producing irregular astigmatism. The condition usually affects both eyes but one eye may be much worse than the other. Keratoconus is a genetically determined condition.

Throughout the world, keratoconus is estimated to occur in about 1 out of every 2,000 people. Considering that the earth has a population of about 7.7 billion people, this would mean that about 4 million people are currently afflicted with this rare eye condition.

Ultimately, approximately 4 million keratoconus sufferers throughout the world could benefit from my research work.

Ophthalmologists have made remarkable advancements in the treatment of cataracts. They have invented a procedure called phacoemulsification which is a procedure so remarkable that those who experience it regard it as almost a miracle. Patients end up in a state of emmetropia after phacoemulsification. For those of you who are not familiar with the term, it means being able to have almost perfect distance vision without the aid of glasses.

Ophthalmologists are now even able to also provide their patients with the ability to read without the use of reading glasses after cataract surgery. These are all remarkable advancements, undreamt of a few years ago.

Unfortunately, this miracle cure is only available for people with normal eyes. For those with abnormal eyes, such as people with keratoconus there is nothing. All that people with keratoconus can expect is to be shown to the door and to be told that there is nothing that can be done for them. They are told to go home and to cope with their cataracts as best as they can by themselves.

To date, no mathematical formula is capable of solving this problem.

Some courageous eye surgeons attempted to solve this problem several years ago, despite the fact that no mathematical formula was made available to them. They were mentioned in my website https://sites.google.com/view/keratoconus3 Apart from this there is nothing.

Ophthalmologists claim that it is impossible to find a solution to this problem. It is impossible if one adopts their way of thinking.

Ophthalmologists are just not interested in complex mathematical formulae or differential equations or matrices or algorithms. Ophthalmologists are only interested in ophthalmology. They do not have the time, ability, or inclination to solve complex mathematical problems.

Then we have the IOL formula makers to consider. They are not interested in ophthalmology, or a detailed knowledge of the human eye, let alone a detailed knowledge of keratoconus. They are only interested in complex mathematical formulae or differential equations or matrices or algorithms. In the case of keratoconus, their approach to the problem is entirely wrong. The approach that they are adopting means that they will never find a solution to this problem.

The only person likely to find a solution to this problem is someone with a good knowledge of both ophthalmology and mathematics.

Unless a solution is found to this problem then, what happened to me will continue to happen to every other poor unfortunate person suffering from keratoconus.

It is utterly ridiculous to think that in this age of super computers, we find ourselves in a situation where people around the world are going blind because ophthalmologists cannot work out what lenses to use for a cataract operation?

Ophthalmologists and IOL formula makers have lost their way as far as a solution to this problem is concerned.

SOURCES

https://sites.google.com/view/keratoconus

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https://sites.google.com/view/lionseyeinstituteofwa

https://sites.google.com/view/cystoidmacularedema

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