Jacques Daviel’s development of cataract extraction was the culmination of observations and insights by others that spanned many centuries. The location of the lens in the eye and the function of the lens in vision puzzled the physicians and scholars of antiquity and medieval times. Even more elusive was an understanding of the true identity of the lens’s dark twin, the cataract. It was not unt...

Older adults who undergo cataract extraction have roughly half the rate of motor vehicle collision (MVC) involvement per mile driven compared to cataract patients who do not elect cataract surgery. Currently in the U.S., most insurers do not allow payment for cataract surgery based upon the findings of a vision exam unless accompanied by an individual's complaint of visual difficulties that ser...

PURPOSE To investigate the longitudinal effects of cataract extraction on sleep quality in two discrete population cohorts. METHODS 301 participants who had senile cataract in both eyes at the baseline examination were selected from two large longitudinal epidemiologic studies of age-related eye disease, hearing, olfaction, and cognition. The participants were divided into two groups: one had...

Infectious keratitis is the major cause of vision threatening condition and leading corneal blindness in developing countries. Therapeutic keratoplasty procedure for terminating or improving an actively infectious disease. This study was carried out to determine outcome therapeutic infective at R.M. Kedia eye hospital. retrospective where all cases that underwent TPK active from May 2019 April ...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term visual outcomes and factors affecting visual results in children undergoing secondary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation following primary congenital cataract extraction. METHODS Children with congenital cataracts who underwent secondary IOL implantation for aphakia at the Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University between January 1, 2001...

BACKGROUND There is an increasing demand for routine assessment of surgical outcomes. However, for assessments to be valid, it is essential to understand the influence of patient characteristics on outcomes. The VF-14 visual function instrument offers a possible means of monitoring outcomes of cataract surgery. This article examines lessons learned in the course of an attempt to do this. METH...

C ataract is the leading cause of blindness in the world, and the leading cause of low vision in European derived populations. The burden of cataract is likely to increase as the world’s population ages. At present, no effective means of preventing cataract exists, with the possible exception of smoking cessation. For the foreseeable future, the sole method of preventing cataract blindness will...

Background: Dry eye syndrome is a multifactorial disease of pre-corneal tear film that results in ocular discomfort, visual disturbance and instability, with potential damage to the surface. The aim work was evaluate surface alterations related cataract surgery either phacoemulsification or extracapsular extraction surgeries.
 Methods: This prospective observational study included 60 patie...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of postoperative instruction on proficiency of eye drop instillation following cataract surgery, and to determine whether such proficiency correlates with the prevalence and/or duration of irritation and pain experienced in operated eyes. DESIGN This was a prospective, nonrandomized control trial with an educational intervention ...

Almost every discussion on simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery (SBCS) for senescent cataracts begins with a comment on its controversial nature. The question is can the benefits of bilateral surgery justify the risk of simultaneous bilateral complications, in particular endophthalmitis? Operating on the second eye immediately after the first is an option that does have potential advantages....