Here are 14 findings — clinical and non-clinical — from two AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement 2010 studies on cataract extraction with lens insertion. Seventy-eight organizations participated in ...

Cataract surgery and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are two conditions with significant public health implications in ageing populations. Cataract, the opacification of the eye’s natural lens, ...

Surgery in ancient India practiced couching as early as 800 BC. In this crude technique the surgeon would sit in front of the patient. Using the illumination from the sun and with a blunt needle he ...

A cataract is when the natural lens inside the eye turns cloudy, leading to decreased vision. In the old days, cataract surgery was considered only when the cataract was ripe or fully mature. In ...

This retrospective study suggests that lens extraction by phacoemulsification leads to a significant drop in IOP and/or a reduction in the need for pressure-lowering medication. Contrary to earlier ...

WAILEA, Hawaii — Cataract surgeons should remain familiar with extracapsular cataract extraction techniques, according to a speaker at Hawaiian Eye 2024. Sumitra Khandelwal, MD, said extracapsular ...

Cataract Extraction: One Area of Infection Risk and Surveillance Focus The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the ...

Older New Zealanders in residential care have inadequate access to vision and hearing tests, according to new University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research. Swiss eyecare firm Alcon said on Monday ...