BACKGROUND Visual impairment caused by cataracts not only affects an individual's quality of life but can also have a profound impact on other important psychological factors and on the economic circumstances of individuals and their households. Cataract surgery is an effective intervention to restore vision and is also associated with other positive consequences including improvements in quali...

PURPOSE To study occurrence, morphology, immunofluorescence, and ultrastructural features of congenital anterior capsular plaque (ACP) obtained from pediatric eyes undergoing cataract surgery. METHODS Two hundred sixty consecutive pediatric eyes undergoing congenital cataract surgery were enrolled in the present study. Anterior lens epithelium from cataract without ACP and with ACP was collec...

The authors aimed to assess the relation between endogenous and exogenous female hormones and the incidence of age-related cataract and cataract surgery. The Blue Mountains Eye Study examined 2,072 women aged 49 years or older during 1992-1994, of whom 1,343 (74.0% of survivors) were reexamined after 5 years, during 1997-1999. Information on reproductive factors and use of hormone replacement t...

PURPOSE To compare the vitreous loss complication rate of manual phacoemulsification cataract surgery with that of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery. SETTING Mercy Eye Specialists, Springfield, Missouri, USA. DESIGN Retrospective single-center case series. METHODS Cataract surgeries from 2010 to 2014 performed by 4 surgeons were audited for rates of vitreous loss. Vitreous loss ...

Purpose: To analyse the barriers to the uptake of cataract surgery in patients aged over 50 years in a rural set up and suggest possible remedial measures. Methods: Sixty one clusters of 50 people aged over 50 years were selected by probabilityproportionate to size sampling. All participants were evaluated using standard Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness ( RAAB ) methodology. People with ...

OBJECTIVE To perform a reference case cost-utility analysis of second-eye cataract surgery by using the current literature on cataract outcomes and complications. DESIGN Computer-based econometric modeling. METHODS Visual acuity data of patients treated and observed over a 4-month postoperative period were obtained from the U.S. National Cataract Patient Outcomes Research Team report. The r...

We present a large comparative series of trypan blue use in cataract surgery. This series of trypan blue used in all eyes regardless of cataract severity may be unique. We found an apparent increased rate of cystoid macular oedema (CMO) associated with trypan blue use. Melles et al’s report on the use of trypan blue in cataract extraction in 1999 combined with Apple et al’s series on dye enhanc...

Older adults who undergo cataract extraction have roughly half the rate of motor vehicle collision (MVC) involvement per mile driven compared to cataract patients who do not elect cataract surgery. Currently in the U.S., most insurers do not allow payment for cataract surgery based upon the findings of a vision exam unless accompanied by an individual's complaint of visual difficulties that ser...

In the current study, the CLVQOL was used to assess VRQOL before unilateral or bilateral cataract surgery and at the end of the follow-up period in order to determine the greater beneficial mode of surgery for patients, if one of the two surgical methods is more beneficial over the other. The patients were classified as receiving unilateral (group A) and bilateral cataract surgery (group B). Th...

If you’re an older adult, it may seem as if just about everyone your age is having cataract surgery. Some degree of vision clouding caused by cataracts occurs in most people as they age, with many experiencing significant vision loss. In fact, cataract surgery is the most common surgical procedure performed on U.S. adults older than 65. The most common type of cataract surgery is an outpatient ...