This outpatient procedure is a safe and effective way to improve your vision—and many patients say it’s life-changing.

A cataract is a clouding of the eye's natural lens. The lens is a structure tucked deep inside the eye that helps us focus ...

For those who would like to avoid glasses or contacts, there are several replacement intraocular lens options. And, based on my personal experience (I have had cataract surgery on both eyes), the ...

In fact, it was doctors at St Thomas' who were responsible for the first cataract replacement surgery in the world in the 1950s. 'Over the years, the type of material that is used in the lens has ...

[12] In ancient times, cataracts were treated with a technique called couching, which could only be performed when the lens had become completely opaque, rigid, and heavy to the point that the ...

Cataract surgery is one of the most successful medical procedures performed today, with over 95% of patients experiencing ...

TRICARE covers cataract surgery and related supplies and services. More specifically, TRICARE covers the standard intraocular lens (IOL), a fixed lens designed to target vision at a single focal ...

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). As ...

(WTNH) — The light-adjustable lens is the world’s first customizable intraocular lens after cataract surgery. Hartford HealthCare is providing an innovative treatment to help patients achieve ...

It’s a common condition in older adults. With a cataract, your lens becomes cloudy. Your vision gets hazy, and it feels like you’re looking though a smudged window. There’s no way to prevent ...