A panelist discusses how various factors influence IOL selection for cataract surgery patients, including patient lifestyle ...

We like to compare a cataract with the frosted ... The plastic lens used to replace the cataract, or intraocular lens, requires careful sizing for optimal results and a nuanced discussion between ...

Surgically implanting lenses in the eyes of infants born with cataracts might increase the rate of surgical complications, said a Baylor College of Medicine eye specialist who took part in a study ...

A lens implant that can change focus like a natural lens promises to make cataract patients’ eyesight almost as good as it was when they were A lens implant that can change focus like a natural ...

We like to compare a cataract to the frosted glass ... In much the same way, the eye’s once-transparent lens becomes cloudy. Cataract surgery removes the clouded lens of the eye and replaces ...

The use of the modern MICS intraocular lens (IOL ... crucial to become MICS surgeon. Table 1. Comparison of changes in corneal biomechanics after cataract surgery in the microincision cataract ...

Learn more about laser eye surgery. During cataract surgery, a surgeon inserts an intraocular lens (IOL). Medicare may not cover all types of IOLs. However, it does pay for monofocal lenses.

Cataracts—the cloudy lenses that blur vision for many as they age—now have a high-tech solution. Bladeless cataract surgery uses advanced laser technology to make the procedure quicker, safer, and ...

[12] In ancient times, cataracts were treated with a technique called couching, which could only be performed when the lens had become completely opaque, rigid, and heavy to the point that the ...

This outpatient procedure is a safe and effective way to improve your vision—and many patients say it’s life-changing.