A recent study published in the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery found that Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG) laser ...

In patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy who underwent cataract surgery, yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) laser capsulotomy was associated with increased risks for progression of the ...

Purpose: To evaluate the influence of size and shape of neodymium:yttrium aluminum- Garnet (Nd:YAG) laser capsulotomy on visual acuity and refraction. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 85 eyes of ...

Background/aims To investigate the incidence of Nd:YAG-laser treatment for posterior capsular opacification (PCO) over a period of 5 years from phacoemulsification in an unselected population, ...

In cataract surgery, replacement lenses that have a sharp edge design may be less likely to develop clouding on their surface than lenses with a round edge. People given new lenses with sharp edges ...

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Capsular block syndrome is a rare complication of phacoemulsification surgery with continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis and intraocular lens implantation. Here, we report a case of very late-onset ...

Patients with diabetes should be more closely monitored for posterior capsular opacification following cataract surgery than patients without diabetes. Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) or type 2 ...

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Following as many as four Nd:YAG-laser vitreolysis procedures, mean IOP actually increased slightly from 14.2 to 15.3 mm Hg and the logMAR (minimum angle of resolution) declined from 0.14 at baseline ...

1 National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China 2 Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Hangzhou Branch, Hangzhou, China Purpose: ...