Dropless cataract surgery eliminates the need for this cumbersome and costly post-operative eye drop regimen. At the end of the dropless cataract procedure, while the patient is still numbed, the surgeon administers antibiotic and steroid injections directly to the eyes. After surgery, the patient...
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Adult refractive surgery is performed to eliminate the need for eyeglasses and contact lenses. It is an elective procedure that adults choose to reduce hassle with eyeglasses and contacts and simplify their lives. Pediatric refractive surgery is not ever an option simply to reduce the inconvenience...
The first part of FSL assisted cataract surgery with the Alcon LenSx is the docking procedure. The surgeon uses a curved contact lens, which is integrated with a sterile limbal suction ring (SoftFit PI). The tubing uses a vac- uum system to fixate the eye. The patient interface is ...
while taking certain drugs or undergoing general anesthesia. People who have sleep apnea are more likely to have breathing issues following major surgery, particularly while they are sedated and laying on their backs. This makes it more likely that they will have complications after the procedure. ...
procedure as the surgeon can more easily manage in the setting of a prominent brow,blepharospasm, or deeply set eye. Since the clear corneal cataract incision does not interfere with the filter, either limbus-based or fornix-based surgery can performed per the surgeon's preference as described...
Conclusions As a primary procedure, vitreous surgery combined with other necessary adjunct procedures such as membrane peeling and retinal tamponade seems to be successful in achieving anatomical success. However, VA improvement is dependent on the type of macular lesion and not the surgical procedure....
I am not sure that excimer laser surgery would reactivate HZO, but I would err on the side of caution. Discussing with the patient the option of receiving a graft, the time required for healing, and the possible need for her to undergo another procedure to treat residual astigmatism may ...
injuries or surgical complications may have resulted in internal iris scarring or removal of iris tissue. If this precludes support of an anterior chamber IOL, posterior chamber IOLs can be permanently sutured into place. These decisions are made by the ophthalmologist ...
Higher frequency of haze after these two types of surgery has also been reported in literature [12]. However, the use, or no use, of mitomycin C, was not reported in the database. It is well known that mitomycin C modifies the formation of scar tissue, so the lack of reporting use ...