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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. Most complications of cataract surgery do not result in long-term visual impairment, but some severe complications can lead to irreversible blindness.

  3. Manual small incision cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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    Manual small incision cataract surgery. 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.

  4. Irvine–Gass syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Irvine–Gass syndrome, pseudophakic cystoid macular edema or postcataract CME is one of the most common causes of visual loss after cataract surgery. [1] [2] The syndrome is named in honor of S. Rodman Irvine [3] [4] and J. Donald M. Gass. [5] The incidence is more common in older types of cataract surgery, where postcataract CME could occur ...

  5. Cataract - Wikipedia

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    Frequency. 60 million (2015) [6] A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of the eye that leads to a decrease in vision of the eye. [1] [7] Cataracts often develop slowly and can affect one or both eyes. [1] Symptoms may include faded colours, blurry or double vision, halos around light, trouble with bright lights, and difficulty seeing at night ...

  6. Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome ( IFIS) is a complication that may occur during cataract extraction in certain patients. This syndrome is characterized by a flaccid iris which billows in response to ordinary intraocular fluid currents, a propensity for this floppy iris to prolapse towards the area of cataract extraction during surgery, and ...

  7. Phacoemulsification - Wikipedia

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    Phacoemulsification is a cataract surgery method in which the internal lens of the eye which has developed a cataract is emulsified with the tip of an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye. Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution to maintain the volume of the anterior chamber during the procedure.

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