According to the Statistical Yearbook of Major Surgery in 2023 published by the National Health Insurance Corporation, cataract surgery is the most common surgery performed by the Korean people.

Laser surgery for cataracts is an effective, safe procedure in which an eye doctor uses a laser beam to remove the clouded lens and replace it with a clear artificial one. This can help improve vision ...

Each year, more than 30 million people globally receive surgery to correct cataracts. As many people age, the crystalline lenses in their eyes become cloudy and obstruct their vision, but a simple and ...

The eye's natural crystalline lens can be replaced with an artificial lens—known as an intraocular lens—to restore clarity and lead to a vast improvement in quality of life for patients with cataracts ...

Cataract surgery restores a person’s vision to how it was before they developed cataracts. However, in some cases, it can also reduce other types of visual impairment, such as near- or farsightedness.

Phacoemulsification is a surgery to treat cataracts. It involves breaking the lens of the eye with ultrasound waves, suctioning it out, and replacing it with an artificial lens. Phacoemulsification is ...

Clinical Research Consultants snagged US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the first stand-alone prosthetic iris. The device, called the CustomFlex Artificial Iris, is designed to be ...

Today, patients with cataracts can choose from several types of artificial lenses, which are surgically implanted in the eye to replace cloudy lenses that obstruct vision. A new vision simulator could ...

SIOUX CITY -- Two years ago, Mark Brewer received the Tecnis Symfony intraocular lens, the first intraocular lens to provides cataract patients with an extended depth-of-focus, at Jones Eye Clinic. At ...

Carrot LASIK & Eye Center has released a detailed overview titled What lens implant options are available for refractive lens exchange in Mesa?, aimed at helping patients and reporters better ...