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2. 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. [90]

3. History of cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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   This method of surgery reduced the need for an extended hospital stay and made out-patient surgery the standard. [8] In 1985, Thomas Mazzocco developed and implanted the first foldable IOL. Graham Barrett and associates pioneered the use of silicone, acrylic, and hydrogel foldable lenses, making it possible to reduce the incision width. [7]

4. Manual small incision cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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   Manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) is an evolution of extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE); the lens is removed from the eye through a self-sealing scleral tunnel wound. A well-constructed scleral tunnel is held closed by internal pressure, is watertight, and does not require suturing.

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   All of the experts consulted said that if you've had any kind of eye surgery, glaucoma, cataracts, retinal eye conditions, suffer from eye infections, skin conditions that can be aggravated by ...

6. 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'.

7. Couching (ophthalmology) - Wikipedia

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   "Couching for cataract"; Wellcome Collection illustration of Indian doctors performing the technique. Couching is the earliest documented form of cataract surgery. It involves dislodging the lens of the eye, thus removing the cloudiness caused by the cataract. Couching was a precursor to modern cataract surgery and pars plana vitrectomy.