Prompt cataract surgery in older patients diagnosed with cataracts improves visual acuity but does not appear to significantly reduce the risk of potentially injury-causing falls among this population. That’s the conclusion of Canadian researchers in a report published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
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Cataract surgery does not worsen macular degeneration
August 10, 2009Modern phacoemulsification cataract surgery does not appear to increase the progression age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in patients with the retinal disease who might benefit from cataract removal, according to a new Australian study.
Multifocal IOL produces good vision at all distances for farsighted cataract patients, study says
August 3, 2009Implantation of the Zeiss Acri.LISA 366D multifocal IOL (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany) in both eyes during cataract surgery produces a full range of vision and satisfactory visual acuity at all distances for patients with pre-operative hyperopia, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Oviedo School of Medicine in Oviedo, Spain.