OBJECTIVE To determine, from the existing literature, cataract surgical coverage rates by sex and the proportion of cataract blindness that could be eliminated if women and men had equal access to cataract surgical services. METHOD Methodologically sound population-based cataract surveys from developing countries were identified through a literature search. Cataract surgical coverage rates we...

BACKGROUND Driving a car is the most common form of transport among the older population. Common medical conditions such as cataract, increase with age and impact on the ability to drive. To compensate for visual decline, some cataract patients may self-regulate their driving while waiting for cataract surgery. However, little is known about the self-regulation practices of older drivers throug...

LITTLE is known of the mechanism of the development of senile cataract in man, but it is generally assumed that it is due to a disturbance of the metabolism of the lens. The difficulties in attacking such a problem are great, but the experimental production ofcataract with specific agents offers a favourable approach. Naphthalene was chosen for the present study, the ability of which to produce...

The epidemiology of cataract has attracted little attention. The definition of cataract is difficult enough to make surveys of its prevalence in populations of doubtful value. One partial solution is to consider only cataract of a degree sufficient to be operated upon. Fuchs (1960) has published figures showing a very wide variation in the proportions of patients with cataract admitted to vario...

cataract has a long history and was known about 2500 bc in egypt. in the medieval times, physicians and surgeons used surgical approaches to ease cataract (āb morvārid). albucasis, as a great spanish muslim surgeon (936-1013 ad) has a detailed and accurate description of cataract surgery procedure and patient care in his manuscript, al tasreef. his description can show surgical development to e...

purpose : to report a rare case of a patient with hypoparathyroidism presenting with bilateral disc swelling and near mature cataract as her first clinical manifestation case report : a 23-year-old woman presented with complaint of worsening vision since one year ago and a history of refractory seizures and headache for several years, being under treatment with lamotrigine 50 mg/daily. slit-lam...

Bimanual microincisional cataract surgery has been introduced recently as a technique for cataract surgery and it is gaining interest of many cataract surgeons in the world. Over the last few years many changes were made in the phacoemulsification machines and the intraocular lenses design which allowed bimanual microincisional cataract surgery to be safer and more efficient. The purpose of thi...

PURPOSE To determine the long-term risk of retinal detachment following pediatric cataract surgery and to identify risk factors for retinal detachment. METHODS We included all children (aged 0 to 17 years) who during the time period of 1977 to 2005 underwent pediatric cataract surgery in Denmark, excluding cataract cases caused by trauma, or acquired systemic or acquired ocular pathology, and...

Background and objectives: Cataract is common in aging populations, causes blurry vision. Once it interferes with daily activity, treated surgically may lead to complications such as posterior capsule rupture (PCR). The present study aims calculate the rate of PCR determine its correlation age hypertension. Methods: This retrospective was conducted between 31st August, 2016 30th December, 2018 ...

BACKGROUND Prospective data on cataract in relation to total fruit and vegetable intake are limited. OBJECTIVE We aimed to examine whether higher fruit and vegetable intake reduces the risk of cataract and cataract extraction in a large, prospective cohort of women. DESIGN Fruit and vegetable intake was assessed at baseline in 1993 among 39 876 female health professionals with the use of a ...