A cataract is when the natural lens inside the eye turns cloudy, leading to decreased vision. In the old days, cataract surgery was considered only when the cataract was ripe or fully mature. In ...

OSN Section Editor Uday Devgan, MD, performed the first robotic-assisted cataract surgery, according to a press release from ...

TUPELO — Often, it’s while driving at night that a patient first notices the negative effects of cataracts. Blinding headlights from oncoming traffic force them to look at the lines on the road, ...

ECU Health Chief of Ophthalmology Services Dr. Ann Ostrovsky has successfully performed the health system’s first procedures ...

What are the signs that show I need cataract surgery? “There are several key signs that someone may need cataract surgery,” explains Dr. Levenson. These include: He points out that the choice to ...

It’s normal to have anxiety about cataract surgery—and even postpone scheduling the procedure out of fear. But it shouldn’t be that way. Dr. Jeff Dello Russo, an ophthalmologist at Dello Russo Laser ...

Dear Savvy Senior: How does Medicare cover cataract surgery? My eye doctor recently told me that I’ve developed cataracts and should consider making plans for surgery in the next year or so. — Almost ...

Cataract surgery is a quick, painless surgery to remove a cloudy lens that’s causing vision issues. You receive a new intraocular lens that also corrects nearsightedness and farsightedness. You only ...

Horizon Surgical Systems today announced the world's first cataract surgery using its Polaris robotic-assisted surgical platform.

Alcon’s LenSx femtosecond laser may be the most significant piece of technology to impact cataract surgery in recent years, allowing surgeons to correct astigmatism in cataract patients by creating ...

Comparing live images to the original ... Los Angeles-based surgeon Uday Devgan performed the procedure. Horizon said the ...

Patients with age-related macular degeneration may have “transient” adverse macular changes after cataract surgery, but these ...