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Original Source: The Safety of Cataract Removal by Phacoemulsification Surgery in Patients Under Anti-aggregant and Coumadin Treatment
To assess the risks of intra- and postoperative bleeding tendency associated with cataract surgery by phacoemulsification in patients on coumadin and antiaggregant treatments. Design: Consecutive prospective study.
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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
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...
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...
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...
Hip Fracture Risk Lower After Cataract Surgery
A large US study of older people with a diagnosis of cataract, finds that the risk of hip fracture is lower following cataract surgery, suggesting the vision-improving surgery may reduce the odds of...
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
Older Medicare patients have reduced risk of hip fracture following cataract surgery
Medicare patients 65 years and older who underwent cataract surgery had a lower odds of hip fracture 1 year after the procedure when compared with patients with cataract who did not have cataract surg...
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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...
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...
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,...
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...
