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Outsourced Cataract Complications

| Roisin McGuigan

An overstretched UK hospital that subcontracted cataract surgery is faced with a 48.3 percent complication rate. Who foots the legal bill?

Subspecialties Cataract

IOL Clinical Trials

| Mark Hillen

One of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in the world is cataract surgery

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Juggling Cataract and Glaucoma Treatment

| Carlos Buznego

Concomitant ocular diseases present an increasingly common challenge.

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A Brief History of IOL Materials

| 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.

Subspecialties Professional Development

Serving Patients who have Learning Disabilities

| 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.

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Selecting for Patient Success

| 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

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A Vision Timebomb

| 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.

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Cataract Benchmarking

| Mark Hillen

You can’t predict the future, but a lot can be learned by analyzing what happened in the past.

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Great Expectations Fuel IOL Inclinations

| 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.

Subspecialties Cataract

Don’t Fear the Posterior Capsule

| 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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