Advances in cataract surgery and intraocular lenses

Advances in cataract surgery and intraocular lenses

Cataract surgery is one of the most common medical procedures among persons age 65 and older. Once an inpatient procedure, it has become a simple outpatient surgery with extremely low rates of morbidity. With the development of implantable intraocular lenses (IOLs), patients undergoing cataract surg...

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Veröffentlicht in:Minnesota medicine 2009-06, Vol.92 (6), p.38-40
1. Verfasser: Reeves, Sherman W
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Astigmatism - surgery
Cataract Extraction - trends
Forecasting
Humans
Lenses, Intraocular - trends
Minnesota
Presbyopia - surgery
Prosthesis Design - trends
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Zusammenfassung:Cataract surgery is one of the most common medical procedures among persons age 65 and older. Once an inpatient procedure, it has become a simple outpatient surgery with extremely low rates of morbidity. With the development of implantable intraocular lenses (IOLs), patients undergoing cataract surgery gained the benefit of corrected pre-existing refractive error, astigmatism, and presbyopia. This article reviews developments in cataract surgery and describes current IOL technology.
ISSN:0026-556X