26 Aug Do Cataracts Cause Macular Degeneration?
Sometimes macular degeneration is not diagnosed until after cataract surgery. Why?...
Sometimes macular degeneration is not diagnosed until after cataract surgery. Why?...
Patients with diabetes can get laser vision correction...
Patients with diabetes get cataracts earlier than non-diabetics, but remember everyone gets cataracts. When is the right time for patients with diabetes and cataracts to have cataract surgery?...
Flomax ® is taken by most men for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). For several years, it has been implicated in causing intraoperative complications with cataract surgery. The study found that patients that took Flomax (tamsulosin) within two weeks prior to cataract surgery had an increased risk...
I have always felt that this is a lousy analogy although used by many, many eye doctors. It puts the patient in a more passive mode and relinquishes decision making to the doctor. It sounds like there is a finite time to have cataract surgery...
The data, including patient records, from the largest prospective study of macular degeneration is now "open source." The Age Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) was completed in 2001. It followed over 4000 patients for at least five years looking at factors that influence the development...
Cataract surgery is not linked to macular degeneration. ...