09/09/2014 | Roisin McGuigan
An overstretched UK hospital that subcontracted cataract surgery is faced with a 48.3 percent complication rate. Who foots the legal bill?
09/08/2014 | Mark Hillen
One of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in the world is cataract surgery
06/17/2014 | Carlos Buznego
Concomitant ocular diseases present an increasingly common challenge.
05/19/2014 | Florian Kretz, Sibylle Scholtz, Gerd Auffarth
The development and use of intraocular lenses has been a major ophthalmic success story. Here, we describe some of the key contributions and the materials that revolutionized cataract treatment.
05/16/2014 | Rachel Pilling
People with learning disabilities are ten times more likely to have serious sight problems than the general population and often fail to receive the same standard of care. Here’s how to avoid some of the pitfalls and some tips for a successful doctor-patient relationship.
04/14/2014 | Alain Saad
Using the best diagnostic tools will help ensure that the right procedures are selected for patients, driving improvements in outcomes for refractive surgery
03/10/2014 | Mark Hillen
Although baby boomers may be in a state of denial regarding their own aging, ophthalmologists know differently. In particular, four diseases of the ageing eye comprise a demographic and economic timebomb.
02/11/2014 | Mark Hillen
You can’t predict the future, but a lot can be learned by analyzing what happened in the past.
02/10/2014 | Mark Hillen
Cataract surgery and IOL implantation have come a long way since the 1990s, and it appears that technical innovations are stoking demand more than medical need.
02/10/2014 | Marie-José Tassignon
Why we need a rethink of the surgical approach to the barrier between the anterior and posterior lens segments
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