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Cataract: Advances in surgery and whether surgery remains the only treatment in future

Advances in Ophthalmology Practice and Research, 2021
Background: Cataract is the world's leading eye disease that causes blindness. The prevalence of cataract aged 40 years and older is approximately 11.8%–18.8%. Currently, surgery is the only way to treat cataracts.
Xinyi Chen, Jingjie Xu, Xiangjun Chen, Ke Yao   +3 more
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Cataract and surgery for cataract [PDF]

BMJ, 2006
Cataract surgery is the commonest single surgical procedure carried out in the developed world. In the developing world, cataract remains the commonest cause of blindness. In 1990 an estimated 37 million people were blind worldwide—40% of them because of cataract.1 Every year, an extra 1-2 million people go blind.
David, Allen, Abhay, Vasavada
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Multifocal intraocular lens exchange to monofocal for the management of neuroadaptation failure

Eye and Vision, 2022
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate visual, refractive, quality of vision, visual function and satisfaction of multifocal intraocular lens (MF-IOL) exchange with a monofocal IOL (MNF-IOL) in dissatisfied patients following MF-IOL ...
Olena Al-Shymali, Jorge L. Alió del Barrio, Colm McAlinden, Mario Canto, Laura Primavera, Jorge L. Alio   +5 more
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Effects of cataract surgery on blinking [PDF]

, 2022
Phacoemulsification cataract surgery significantly altered the blinking pattern of patients, with a reduction in the blink rate and an increase in the percentage of incomplete blinks, although blinking kinematics remained ...
Cristina Peris-Martínez, Díez Ajenjo, María Amparo, Peris Martínez, Cristina Paloma, García Lázaro, Santiago, Álvaro M. Pons, Pons Moreno, Álvaro Máximo, María Amparo Díez-Ajenjo, Cristian Talens-Estarelles, Talens Estarelles, Cristian, Peris Martínez, Cristina, Pons, Álvaro M., Santiago García-Lázaro   +11 more
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Transparent intrastromal corneal lenticule obtained from SMILE surgery as a free graft for the treatment of primary pterygium: A pilot study

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2023
Purpose: To report our initial experience in patients with primary pterygium surgery who had a transparent intrastromal corneal lenticule as a free graft obtained during small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery.
Said Nafiz Mutlu, Cem Evereklioglu, Javid Najafi, Hatice Arda   +3 more
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Alport Syndrome and Femtosecond Laser-assisted Cataract Surgery

Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2020
We report the surgical management of a patient with bilateral anterior lenticonus due to Alport syndrome using femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) and the Optiwave Refractive Analysis (ORA) system.
Paz Orts-Vila, Francisco Amparo, José Luís Rodríguez-Prats, Pedro Tañá-Rivero   +3 more
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Peribulbar versus retrobulbar anaesthesia for cataract surgery. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Cataract is a major cause of blindness worldwide. Unless medically contraindicated, cataract surgery is usually performed under local (regional) anaesthesia.
Henry OD Ejere, Kyari, Fatima, Ejere, HOD, Alhassan, Mahmoud Babanini, Mahmoud B Alhassan, Fatima Kyari, Alhassan, MB, Ejere, Henry Od, Kyari, F, Archila Tibaduiza, Leidy Johanna   +9 more
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Preoperative visual acuity among cataract surgery patients and countries' state of development: a global study. [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To describe the preoperative surgical case mix among patients undergoing cataract extraction and explore associations between case mix, country level of development (as measured by the Human Development Index, HDI) and cataract surgery rates ...
Razavi, H, Turner, EL, Claire Gilbert, Robert J Lindfield, Robert Lindfield, Lindfield, Robert J, Shaheen Shah, Elizabeth Turner, Gilbert, Clare E, Int Eye Res, N, International Eye Research Network, Shah, SP, Claire E Gilbert, Razavi, Hessom, Shaheen P Shah, Hessom Razavi, Elizabeth L Turner, Gilbert, CE, Shah, Shaheen P, Turner, Elizabeth L, Lindfield, RJ, on behalf of the International Eye Research Network, Gilbert, Claire E   +22 more
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Cataract surgery in Southern Ethiopia: distribution, rates and determinants of service provision. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide, with the greatest burden found in low-income countries. Cataract surgery is a curative and cost-effective intervention.
Habtamu, Esmael, Burton, Matthew J, Esmael Habtamu, Zebiba Eshete, Matthew J Burton, Eshete, Zebiba   +5 more
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Surgery for cataract [PDF]

BMJ, 2007
Reorganisation of in-house services is an efficient way to improve quality and increase ...
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