Purpose To investigate the subjective visual experience of patients during cataract surgery under retrobulbar anaesthesia. Methods One hundred cataract patients who underwent routine extracapsular ...

For primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG), clear-lens extraction was more effective and cost-effective than laser peripheral iridotomy, according to results from the Effectiveness in Angle-closure ...

Clear lens extraction not only reduced IOP, but also caused angle widening and reduced the requirement for ocular hypotensive medications in eyes with primary angle closure and persistently raised IOP ...

Purpose To evaluate the post-operative changes in astigmatism in pseudophakic eyes in children. Methods The charts of children who had undergone surgery for non-traumatic cataract were retrospectively ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and ...

It’s a procedure that everyone, if they live long enough, will need eventually. For 55-year-old Kate Reiss, the future is now after her visit to the Medical University of South Carolina’s Storm Eye ...

Implanting an ICL requires surgery. A surgeon places the lens between the eye’s natural lens and colored iris. The lens works the eye’s existing lens to bend (refract) light on the retina, which ...

Medically reviewed by Andrew Greenberg, MD Key Takeaways Cataract surgery can cost $3,000 to $6,000 per eye without insurance ...