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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 prevalence, cataract surgical coverage and barriers to uptake of cataract surgical services in Pakistan: the Pakistan National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey.

, 2007
AIM: To estimate the prevalence of visual impairment and blindness caused by cataract, the prevalence of aphakia/pseudophakia, cataract surgical coverage (CSC) and to identify barriers to the uptake of cataract services among adults aged >or=30 years in ...
Bourne, R, Dineen, B, Foster, A, Gilbert, CE, Jadoon, Z, Khan, MA, Khan, MD, Pakistan National Eye Survey Study Group, Shah, SP   +8 more
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Canaloplasty in the Treatment of Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Review of Patient Selection and Outcomes. [PDF]

, 2018
Canaloplasty is a relatively new non-penetrating surgery for the reduction of intraocular pressure in patients affected by glaucoma. The technique uses a microcatheter to perform a 360 º cannulation of Schlemm's canal and leaves in place a tension suture
Brusini, Paolo, Michelessi, Manuele, Oddone, Francesco, Quaranta, Luciano, Riva, Ivano, Weinreb, Robert N   +5 more
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Refractive change following pseudophakic vitrectomy: a retrospective review [PDF]

, 2008
Background To assess the occurrence and magnitude of refractive change in pseudophakic eyes undergoing 20 gauge pars plana vitrectomy without scleral buckling and to investigate possible aetiological factors.
Anthony Hildreth, CY Hu, David HW Steel, James Ng, JB Randleman, Jean-Pierre Danjoux, JR McEwan, JW Jeoung, L Zheng, M Shioya, O Cekic, O Findl, P Brazitikos, RV Campo, S Cisiecki, Sinead Byrne, T Eckert, T Oshika, Y Suzuki, YR Sharma   +19 more
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Cross-sectional study of the association between cataract surgery and age-related macular degeneration in the era of phacoemulsification in the national health and nutrition examination survey 2005–2008

BMJ Open, 2020
Objective To determine the association between cataract surgery and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a representative US sample.Design Population-based, cross-sectional study.Setting The US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005 ...
Jian Zhang, Wei Wang, Stuart Keel, Mingguang He, Zhuoting Zhu, Huan Liao   +5 more
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Coverage of hospital-based cataract surgery and barriers to the uptake of surgery among cataract blind persons in nigeria: the Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey.

, 2012
PURPOSE: To determine cataract surgical coverage, and barriers to modern cataract surgery in Nigeria. METHODS: Multistage stratified cluster random sampling was used to identify a nationally representative sample of 15,027 persons aged 40+ years.
Abdullahi U. Imam, Clare E. Gilbert, Mohammed M. Abdull, Murthy V. S. Gudlavalleti, null null, Selvaraj Sivasubramaniam, Tafida Abubakar   +6 more
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Delay in presentation to hospital for childhood cataract surgery in India [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose Cataract is one of the major causes of avoidable visual disability in children and the aim of this study was to investigate the age at which children with cataract present for surgery at tertiary hospitals across India.
Ali, R., Borah, R. R., Fielder, A.R., Kekunnaya, R., Lawrenson, J. G., Sethu, S., Suttle, C. M.   +6 more
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Cell Calcification Models and Their Implications for Medicine and Biomaterial Research

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Calcification, is the process by which the tissues containing minerals are formed, occurring during normal physiological processes, or in pathological conditions. Here, it is aimed to give a comprehensive overview of the range of cell models available, and the approaches taken by these models, highlighting when and how methodological divergences arise,
Luke Hunter, Caterina Vanelli Coralli, Robert Dzhanaev, Aaron Morgan, Willi Jahnen‐Dechent, Sergio Bertazzo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between previous cataract surgery and cognition among middle-aged and older Chinese: the China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS)

BMC Ophthalmology, 2023
Background Cataract is the primary cause of blindness globally, and surgery offers the only method by which to remove cataracts. We aimed to examine whether previous cataract surgery is associated with cognitive function.
Xiaohuan Zhao, Kunchen Wei, Junran Sun, Jieqiong Chen, Yimin Wang, Yuhong Chen, Xinyue Zhu, Xiaodong Sun, Tong Li, Minwen Zhou   +9 more
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Cataract extraction slowed the visual field progression rate in patients with angle-closure glaucoma

Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the rate of progression of Humphrey visual field before and after the cataract surgery in patients with angle-closure glaucoma.
Yu-Chun Cheng, Ming-Hui Sun, Wei-Chi Wu, Wei-Wen Su   +3 more
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