A cataract is when the natural lens inside the eye turns cloudy, leading to decreased vision. In the old days, cataract surgery was considered only when the cataract was ripe or fully mature. In ...

Surgery in ancient India practiced couching as early as 800 BC. In this crude technique the surgeon would sit in front of the patient. Using the illumination from the sun and with a blunt needle he ...

Recent advances in cataract surgery have increased the safety and efficacy of this common procedure. Cataract surgery has evolved from 'couching' with sub-optimal results to phacoemulsification with ...

MIAMI — The technology of cataract surgery has come a long way since the time of couching, but even if surgeons are no longer removing cataractous lenses using sharpened sticks they still need to take ...

If you’re over 60 and your vision has gotten blurry or cloudy, you may have cataracts. It’s a common condition in older adults, and it can be treated by your eye doctor. Cataracts form when protein ...

Dr. S.K. Narang, Chief Cataract, Lasik and Retina Eye Surgeon, Narang Eye Institute, (ASG Eye Hospitals). As of 2021, cataract causes vision loss to over 66.2% of India’s population of people between ...

One of Florida’s lesser-known claims to fame is its number of cataract cases. In individuals older than 40, the state is second only to California in patients seeking treatment for cataracts, ...

The leading cause of blindness worldwide is from cataracts. That is the clouding and browning of the natural lens, which is mostly due to aging and sun-damage. It is like the difference in swimming ...

Expert Rev Ophthalmol. 2013;8(5):447-456. "Then I constructed the hollow needle, but I did not operate with it on anybody at all, before I came to Tiberias. There came a man for an operation who told ...