Not long ago, standard cataract surgery was almost always followed by a glasses fitting. Once cloudy lenses were replaced, patients still needed their blurry vision corrected. Thanks to the ...

A long-awaited revolution in intraocular lenses (IOLs) made its Utah and Intermountain West debut in the hands of cataract surgeon, Alan S. Crandall, MD, at the University of Utah's John A. Moran Eye ...

Patients with significant astigmatism may require full-time spectacle correction after standard cataract surgery. However, special toric lenses can neutralize the eye’s astigmatism and may reduce the ...

• By age 80, over half of all Americans have cataracts. • Close to 4 million cataract surgeries are performed in the U.S. every year. • Over 90% of patients have 20/20 vision with glasses after ...

A bout 24.5 million people in the U.S. have cataracts, a vision-blurring cloudy spot on the lens of the eye. “When you’re young, the lens is clear, like a raw egg white,” says Uday Devgan, M.D., a ...

With millions of Americans having undergone LASIK vision correction in the past three decades, a growing number are now approaching the age where cataract surgery becomes a consideration. Porter ...

Cataracts, an eye condition in which the lens becomes cloudy and impairs vision, affect more people than you might think. According to the nonprofit organization Prevent Blindness, over 25 million ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The most common ophthalmic procedure is an intravitreal injection, with more than 10 million per year performed ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a candidate for cataract surgery. When discussing this ...

Hundreds of patients successfully received cataract surgery in a doctor's office after taking sedative pills, as opposed to ...