With advances in surgical techniques, your 1-day postoperative surgery patients will walk into your office looking normal to the naked eye. Eye patches and eye shields are no longer required, and it ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A thorough slit lamp exam and corneal topography are required before cataract surgery to diagnose irregularities ...

Saint Nicholas is said to have a twinkle in his eye, but there's a real health condition that creates a similar effect in ...

Although VA testing and slit-lamp findings, together with the patient's complaints, are usually the only parameters that lead to the decision as to whether a patient needs cataract surgery or not, ...

Dr. Greenstein answers the question: 'How Do Doctors Diagnose Cataracts?' Aug. 24, 2009— -- Question: How do doctors diagnose cataracts? Answer: Cataracts are diagnosed fairly easily in the ...

Posterior lenticonus is a condition described as bulging of the posterior capsule and the underlying cortex often associated with lens opacity in the adjacent area. 1, 2 We describe a case of ...

Three main types of lens opacity in age-related cataract are known: nuclear, cortical and posterior subcapsular cataract. Nuclear cataract is more commonly found in the elderly population and ...