Cataract surgery is one of the most common surgical procedures performed worldwide, and the choice of intraocular lenses (IOLs) plays a crucial role in the visual outcomes for patients.

During cataract surgery, your natural clouded lens is removed. The lens is then replaced with a clear artificial lens - an ...

Scientists at the Harvard Medical School have reported the development of new lenses that can reduce the need for glasses after cataract surgery. Scientists at the Harvard Medical School have ...

All the babies had a cataract in one eye. Infants who are born with visually significant cataracts undergo surgery to remove the cloudy natural lens of the eye. In this study, babies received either a ...

so surgery was restricted to so-called ripe lenses: cataracts so hardened that they would not break into pieces as they were being removed. This limited the surgery to only the most advanced ...

In the past, the LOCS (Lens Opacities Classification System) in its various versions has been widely used by ophthalmologists; however, it needs further standardization to achieve interobserver ...

A lens implant that can change focus like a natural lens promises to make cataract patients’ eyesight ... But cells left behind after surgery can proliferate and cause the lens capsule to ...

(PhilHealth) has increased its coverage for patients in need of cataract surgery and the insertion of a replacement artificial lens. Under Circular No. 2025-001 signed by PhilHealth president ...

Angela Haupt has been a health writer and editor for more than a decade. She was previously the managing editor of health at U.S. News and World Report, where she spent 11 years covering and ...

TRICARE covers cataract surgery and related supplies and services. More specifically, TRICARE covers the standard intraocular lens (IOL), a fixed lens designed to target vision at a single focal ...

artificial lens that replaces the eye's natural lens that is removed during cataract surgery. This lens is manufactured in a facility established by Ruit in 1995 and dramatically expanded through ...