AIMS To assess the reproducibility and validity of a new instrument for grading nuclear cataract—the laser slit lamp, by comparison with an established method of lens grading—the Lens Opacities ...

The findings indicated that each method had its strengths in measuring different types of cataracts, such as cortical, nuclear, and posterior subcapsular cataracts. For instance, while the Lens ...

and mixed cataract (HR=3.25, 95% CI 1.20 to 6.78), but not nuclear cataract (HR=0.93, 95% CI 0.78 to 1.11). Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, old age at exposure, and high body mass index (>27 km/m 2) ...

Cataract surgery is one of the oldest surgical procedures known, first documented in the fifth century BC. [12] In ancient times, cataracts were treated with a technique called couching, which ...

It’s normal to have anxiety about cataract surgery—and even postpone scheduling the procedure out of fear. But it shouldn’t be that way. Dr. Jeff Dello Russo, an ophthalmologist at Dello ...

A tear of the posterior capsule is a common intraoperative complication and will occur occasionally even with the most ...

Cataracts can develop in children due to congenital factors, trauma, infections, or steroid use, leading to blurry vision. Early identification of symptoms such as white pupil discoloration ...

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 ...

The International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG) is a group of experts with high professional competence in the field of nuclear and radiation safety and experience of working in regulatory ...

There were no calamitous new developments last year with respect to nuclear weapons—but this is hardly good news. Longstanding concerns about nuclear weapons—involving the modernization and expansion ...

1 Eye Center of the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China 2 Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Ophthalmology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Purpose: To ...