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Patient Question: What I wanted to say to “What do you suggest if my son 5 yrs. suffering glaucoma+cataract+lens problem. ahmed glucoma value fitted in both eyes. what can I do.?”

What do you suggest if my son 5 yrs. suffering glaucoma+cataract+lens problem. ahmed glaucoma valve fitted in both eyes. what can I do.? What I said was: Sounds like you are giving your son the best care possible. Glaucoma & cataracts in children can be challenging but success rates have increased significantly thru the years: […]

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Best review to date on Accommodative Intraocular Lenses: mainly HumanOptics 1CU Accommodative IOL

The Cochrane Database System is well known for providing good meta-analysis type reports. The summary of this report: 1. There is moderate-quality evidence that accommodative IOLs (mostly 1CU: not available in US yet) had a small gain in near visual acuity after six months.  2. Some low quality evidence that distance visual acuity with accommodative lenses may

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Multifocal risks: what are they?

Multifocal Lens (MIOLs) have many advantages improve the reading, distance, intermediate vision in the vast majority of patients (assuming macula, optic nerve, brain are functioning normally). Biggest risks aside from general surgery risks.: Halos, glare (usually improves with time), need for reading glasses/distance refraction from residual astigmatism. Rarely (<2%) IOL can move or pupil is not

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What are cataract surgery complications? Patient Question

Post Cataract Surgery Issues/Complications: need for glasses still, need YAG laser: PCO, dry eye sx/worsening, eyelid droop, recurrent uveitis, eye bleeding, needing another surgery/laser (for multiple reasons: refractive surprise, swelling of macula CME, IOL dislocation, failing cornea), rare: infection, retinal hole, detachment, loss of vision, loss of eye, loss of life; abbreviation: PCO: posterior capsular

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Statin Use and Cataracts

Statin Use and Cataracts: What the Research Shows: A cataract is a color change or opacification (cloudiness) of the eye’s normally clear crystalline lens. Cataracts can occur at any age, but they are most common later in life. In the United States, 75% of people over age 60 have some sign of cataracts. A study

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Which lens is better after cataract surgery? Question from a patient.

If you mean which implant to choose for an intraocular lens implant, see Cataract Surgery Options at eyedoc2020.blogspot.com. If you mean which lens is better after cataract surgery: depends on residual refractive error (is there astigmatism, reading ok? what IOL was placed?). If you need reading, intermediate, distance rx, progressives glasses are best for young

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Cataract Surgery after LASIK

Cataract Surgery after LASIK used to send chills down every eye surgeon’s spine! The dreaded fear of a possible “Refractive Surprise” had most surgeons on their knees praying prior to, during, and after surgery. Every surgeon has had one in a LASIK patient. And no matter how well we warn patients who have had LASIK

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Cataract prevention, Cataract Drops: N-acetylcarnosine (NAC) & the controversy

Many are searching for a drop that will remove or “dissolve” a cataract. The best review I found online to summarize the problems with N-acetylcarnosine (NAC) is below. The facts are: 1. No randomized, double blinded, prospective studies on N-acetylcarnosine (NAC). 2. The vast majority of studies are sponsored by the company who has a vested interest. 

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