Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Risk factors for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment following cataract surgery include younger age, ...

STOCKHOLM — What may be the largest study of an in-office procedure to repair the most common type of retinal detachment has shown real-world outcomes lag far behind those reported in a pivotal ...

Seven different postoperative complications occurred two to four times more often in patients who had a history of intravitreal drug injections as compared with those who did not. Among complications ...

Cataract surgery was associated with an increased risk of worsening diabetic retinopathy in adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is a risk factor for complications due to cataract surgery. Patients ...

Patients with diabetes should undergo careful retinal evaluation for the first year following cataract surgery. The risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR) progression increases after cataract surgery, ...

TORONTO, Ontario — The use of a topical ocular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) before and after cataract surgery leads to meaningful reductions in postoperative macular edema in patients ...

• 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 ...

Christine L. Larsen, MD, is an ophthalmologist practicing at Minnesota Eye Consultants where she serves as medical director for the four ancillary surgery centers in the practice. Cataracts can't come ...

As ophthalmologists who have performed thousands of these procedures, we know that many patients have misconceptions about both cataracts and the surgery. For example, some think a cataract is a ...