Posterior capsule rupture is most likely to occur at the stage of sculpting or quadrant removal, is affected by the presence ...

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD A cataract (cloudy eye lens) blocks light from reaching the retina, which helps ...

Photojournalist Stephen Shames had been told for several years that he would eventually need to have cataract surgery. But as he was having more difficulty reading, driving and focusing his camera ...

Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2014;54(4):85-96. With increased risk of vitreous loss, the surgeon can be prepared with an anterior vitrector available on site. In a large center, the availability of a ...

Christine L. Larsen, MD, is an ophthalmologist practicing at Minnesota Eye Consultants where she serves as medical director for the four ancillary surgery centers in the practice. A cataract is a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This patient presented with a decade-long history of poor vision out of one eye. While there was no ...

» Which part of the eye does cataract affect? There are three predominant forms of cataract depending on their anatomical location in the eye lens: cortical, nuclear and posterior sub-capsular (PSC).

A cataract is when the natural lens inside the eye turns cloudy, leading to decreased vision. In the old days, cataract surgery was considered only when the cataract was ripe or fully mature.

Expert Rev Ophthalmol. 2013;8(5):447-456. "Then I constructed the hollow needle, but I did not operate with it on anybody at all, before I came to Tiberias. There came a man for an operation who ...

The vertebrate lens is a remarkable tissue that has many evolutionary adaptations t hat allow it to remain transparent througho ut life. Further, its cell biology is quite distinct from that of other ...