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2. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary - Wikipedia

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   Medical care is provided for a wide range of eye diseases from common to complex cases. Specialized services include cataract surgery, corneal and refractive surgery, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, ocular immunology/uveitis, ophthalmic oncology, oculoplastics and orbital surgery, ophthalmologic pathology, and pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus.

3. Cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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   Cataract surgery and IOL implantation have the safest and highest success rates of any eye care-related procedures. As with any type of surgery, however, some level of risk remains. [7] Most complications of cataract surgery do not result in long-term visual impairment, but some severe complications can lead to irreversible blindness. [92]

4. Global access to cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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   Cataract surgery in Bedele, Ethiopia. Cataracts are the main cause of blindness in Africa, and affect approximately half of the estimated seven million blind people on the continent, a number that is expected to increase with population growth by about 600,000 people per year. As of 2005, the estimated cataract-surgery rate was about 500 ...

5. Cataract - Wikipedia

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   Posterior capsular opacification, also known as after-cataract, is a condition in which months or years after successful cataract surgery, vision deteriorates or problems with glare and light scattering recur, usually due to thickening of the back or posterior capsule surrounding the implanted lens, so-called 'posterior lens capsule opacification'.

6. Manual small incision cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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   Posterior capsular rupture, a tear in the posterior capsule of the natural lens, is the most-common complication during cataract surgery. [8] Posterior capsule rupture can cause lens fragments to be retained, corneal oedema, and cystoid macular oedema ; it is also associated with increased risk of endophthalmitis and retinal detachment.

7. Intraocular lens - Wikipedia

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   The intraocular lens did not find widespread acceptance in cataract surgery until the 1970s, when further developments in lens design and surgical techniques had come about. As of 2021, approximately four million cataract procedures take place annually in the U.S. and nearly 28 million worldwide, a large proportion in India.