Cataract surgery, also called lens replacement surgery, is the removal of the natural lens of the eye that has developed a cataract, an opaque or cloudy...

risk of developing cataracts, or slow the process. Early on, the symptoms may be improved with glasses. If this does not help, surgery to remove the cloudy...

Cataract surgery has a long history in Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is one of the most common and successful surgical procedures in worldwide use, thanks...

Phacoemulsification is a cataract surgery method in which the internal lens of the eye which has developed a cataract is emulsified with the tip of an...

Manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) is an evolution of extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE); the lens is removed from the eye through a...

treatment for cataracts or for correcting other vision problems such as short sightedness and long sightedness; a form of refractive surgery. If the natural...

precautions. Mentions of eye surgery can be found in several ancient texts dating back as early as 1800 BC, with cataract treatment starting in the fifth...

develop cataracts. Their vision can still be restored with Epi-LASIK, photorefractive keratectomy, LASIK or phakic lens extraction, or cataract surgery. The...

characterized by a blue tint to vision. Most commonly associated with cataract surgery and certain medications, such as sildenafil, cyanopsia is typically...

Access to cataract surgery is very variable by country and region. Even in developed countries availability may vary significantly between rural and more...

philosopher of the second century AD gave a detailed description of cataract surgery by the couching method. The Greek physician Galen (second century AD)...

documented form of cataract surgery. It involves dislodging the lens of the eye, thus removing the cloudiness caused by the cataract. Couching was a precursor...

Glassblower's cataracts are a form of cataract due to an occupational exposure. They are formed by many years or decades of exposure to infrared radiation...

of over 180,000 people across Africa and Asia using small-incision cataract surgery. Ruit is the founder and the executive director of the Tilganga Institute...

Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 33 (12): 2028–2034. doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.07.024. PMID 18053899. S2CID 1886316. Evelyn A. Paysse: Refractive surgery...

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LASIK surgery find rates of patient satisfaction between 92 and 98 percent. In March 2008, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery published...

Risk factors include older age, nearsightedness (myopia), eye injury, cataract surgery, and inflammation. Retinal detachment is usually diagnosed through...

Fyodorov began to use Ridley's intraocular lenses in his treatment of cataract. At first he used lenses manufactured by the Rayner company in England...

inguinal hernia surgery, cataract surgery, mastectomy for breast cancer, and the donation of a kidney by a living donor. Elective surgeries include all optional...

implanted into eyes after the eye's natural lens has been removed during cataract surgery are known as pseudophakic. Phakic intraocular lenses are indicated...

disease, surgery, neovascularization, tumours and use of steroid and sulfa drugs. Risk factors for secondary glaucoma include uveitis, cataract surgery and...

method of surgery named after him, the Ilizarov surgery Charles Kelman (Invented phacoemulsification, the technique of modern cataract surgery) Lars Leksell...

contributions to the field of plastic and cataract surgery in the 6th century BC. The Romans also performed plastic cosmetic surgery, using simple techniques, such...

resemble a funnel, and come in a variety of sizes. For ophthalmic surgery such as cataract surgery, a speculum designed to retract the eyelids is used. In veterinary...

Schein O (January 2019). "Routine preoperative medical testing for cataract surgery". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 1 (1): CD007293. doi:10...

encompassed modern oral surgery, cosmetic surgery, sutures, ligatures, amputations, tonsillectomies, mastectomies, cataract surgeries, lithotomies, hernia...

infection. It is a possible complication of all intraocular surgeries, particularly cataract surgery, and can result in loss of vision or loss of the eye itself...

after one surgery. In cases of failure, most patients are treated with vitrectomy. Lensectomy – In some cases, a lensectomy, or "cataract surgery", is done...

Astigmatism may also occur following a cataract surgery or a corneal injury. Contraction of the scar due to wound or cataract extraction causes astigmatism due...