(PhilHealth) has increased its coverage for patients in need of cataract surgery and the insertion of a replacement artificial lens. Under Circular No. 2025-001 signed by PhilHealth president ...

Cataract surgery is one of the most common surgical procedures performed worldwide, aimed at restoring vision by removing the cloudy lens of the eye and replacing it with an artificial intraocular ...

so surgery was restricted to so-called ripe lenses: cataracts so hardened that they would not break into pieces as they were being removed. This limited the surgery to only the most advanced ...

Cataract surgery is one of the most common surgical procedures performed worldwide, aimed at restoring vision by removing the cloudy lens of the eye and replacing it with an artificial intraocular ...

“Cataract surgery used to be one-size-fits-all, but now with the lasers and our specialty lenses, we have many different options to customize for the patient’s preference,” says Trie ...

"The findings suggest that pediatric cataract surgery performed at an earlier age is associated with a higher likelihood of ...

Cataract surgery is one of the most successful medical procedures performed today, with over 95% of patients experiencing improved vision and less than 1% facing serious complications. However, ...

A YAG laser posterior capsulotomy is a procedure performed to treat cloudy vision that may remain after undergoing cataract eye surgery. A cataract is a clouding or opacification of the human lens of ...

AIM To assess the projected needs for cataract surgery by lens opacity, visual acuity, and patient concern. METHODS Data were collected as part of the Melbourne Visual Impairment Project, a population ...

Median interval between last treatment for RB and cataract surgery was 21.5 months, range 3–164 months. Phacoaspiration was performed in 13 eyes (61%), extra-capsular cataract extraction in 8 (39%) ...