Devices and procedures have been developed that are no more invasive than cataract surgery and that can be performed concurrently with cataract surgery. These IOP-lowering treatments have an excellent safety profile and minimize ocular tissue trauma....
Innovative alternatives in the surgical management of glaucoma with cataract surgeryMinimally invasivemicroinvasiveMIGSab internostentlasertrabeculectomyPurpose To evaluate the long-term intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effect and safety parameters following treatment with two trabecular micro-bypass stents and...
Clear lens exchange (CLE, also commonly referred to as refractive lens exchange) is a procedure very similar to cataract surgery and is ideal for patients over the age of 40 who have not yet developed cataracts. This procedure involves the implantation of an intraocular lens to replace the eye...
Some patients are not candidates forLASIKbecause of thin corneas, high prescriptions,dry eye, etc. Traditionally, the Cleveland Eye Clinicsurgeonshave used PRK/ASA for these eyes, which is a great procedure, but it takes longer to heal. SMILE is a good alternative allowing for the safety prof...
To cut or not to cut? Government report suggests alternatives to cataract-removal surgery.Smith, David (American novelist)
To evaluate the clinical features and the surgical results of retinal detachment occuring after cataract surgery.Two hundred seven eyes of 203 patients with aphakic or pseudophakic retinal detachment who underwent surgery between 1995-2005 were included in this study. The cases were reviewed ...
Alternatives to retrobulbar anaesthesia during extracapsular cataract surgeryA la "Historia de la Moderna Filosofía China"por Walter Brugger, ArtículoThis article has no associated abstract. ( fix it )doi:10.2165/00128413-199007440-00021Francisco J. Montalbán...
Cataracts are described as the deterioration of the eye's natural lens, and the simple surgery to correct it is discussed. The average price of cataract surgery is discussed, as well as the difference between public and private wait times.Shimo...
Corneal endothelial diseases are common almost everywhere in the world and have 3 main origins: primary diseases, largely dominated by Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD), iatrogenic diseases which mainly complicate lens surgery, whether cataract or clear lens, but also other surgeries. The ...
cataract surgerysurgically induced astigmatismcorneal astigmatismtemporal incisionfoldable intraocular lenssmall incisionThe following aspects of the manufacture, properties and applications of biaxially oriented poly(vinyl alcohol) (PV-OH) films are discussed: selection of starting PV-OH; method of production...