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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. Global access to cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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    The study also shown a significant correlation between gross national income per capita and cataract-surgery rate in the countries involved. [30] In a study published in 2014, the weighted-mean regional surgery rate was found to have increased by 70% from 2005 to 2012, rising from 1,562 to 2,672 cataract surgeries per million inhabitants. The ...

  4. 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'.

  5. Cyanopsia - Wikipedia

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    Cyanopsia is rare and occurs primarily in individuals who have undergone cataract surgery or used specific medications. It is not influenced by ethnic, or geographic factors but is more common in certain demographic groups. Older adults are more likely to experience cyanopsia due to the higher frequency of cataract surgery in this age group.

  6. 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.

  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.

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