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Simulation technology allows users to safely practice phacoemulsification cataract surgery

Phacoemulsification cataract surgery is one of the most frequently performed eye surgeries in the United States, with 1.5 million procedures performed each year. It is also one of the most complex pro...

Cataract Surgeons See Laser's Potential in a New Light

Femtosecond lasers, the current darlings of the cataract surgery world, are growing up. Is zero phaco power a realistic goal? Medscape Medical News

Mass. Eye and Ear Cataract Master bridges gap between wet lab training and patient surgery

Phacoemulsification cataract surgery is one of the most frequently performed eye surgeries in the United States, with 1.5 million procedures performed each year. It is also one of the most complex pro...

Femtolaser-Assisted 'Pauci-Phaco' Cataract Emulsification

This technique achieves a tighter laser grid pattern on the total dissipated phaco energy and reduces effective phaco time. Medscape Ophthalmology

Cataract Surgery Reduces Intraocular Pressure

Intraocular pressure falls after cataract surgery, but cataract surgery is not the answer for uncontrolled glaucoma. Medscape Medical News

Fracture Risk After Cataract Surgery

To the Editor: In patients aged 65 years or older with cataracts, Dr Tseng and colleagues demonstrated that those who had cataract surgery had lower odds of hip fracture within 1 year after surgery co...

Advanced Technologies Improve Cataract Surgery Outcomes

Can new ophthalmic surgery devices deliver what patients want from cataract surgery: clear vision? Medscape Ophthalmology

Cataract Surgery May Decrease Risk for Hip Fractures

A new study finds that elderly patients who undergo cataract surgery have a lower risk for hip fractures compared with patients with cataract who do not have the surgery. Medscape Medical News

Drill and Chop: Modified Vertical Chop Technique for Hard Cataract.

The authors describe a technique to improve the control and safety of vertical chopping during hard cataract surgery. Whereas the conventional vertical chop technique uses a sharp vertical chopper, th...

Validity of first post-operative day automated refraction following dense cataract extraction.

Background:  The aim of this study was to assess the refractive stability and validity of automated refraction obtained at day one after surgery for dense cataracts in a developing country setting,...

Response of corneal hysteresis and central corneal thickness following clear corneal cataract surgery.

Purpose:  To evaluate the effect of routine phacoemulsification in corneal viscoelastic properties determined by corneal hysteresis (CH) and central corneal thickness (CCT) and to explore the impact...

Phaco-emulsification in completely vitrectomized eyes: Intraoperative analysis of modified phaco sleeve.

Purpose: The purpose was to evaluate the results of modified sleeve in phacoemulsification of cataract in completely vitrectomised eyes, Materials and Methods: Twenty-five previously completely vitrec...

Social costs of two cataract surgical techniques in Brazil.

OBJECTIVE: To compare postoperative social costs of two cataract surgical techniques, phacoemulsification (PHACO) and extracapsular extraction (ECCE). METHODS: Prospective randomized intervention stud...