BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Cataract surgery can be common as we age. Having cataracts removed can save your vision. However, recovering from the procedure can be inconvenient, and sometimes costly. But, ...
For the majority of people recovering from cataract surgery, a regimen of eye drops are prescribed in order to prevent infections in the eye. For three to four weeks, those patients need to apply two ...
(KARE) Cataract surgery can be common as we age. Having cataracts removed can save your vision. However, recovering from the procedure can be inconvenient, and sometimes costly. But, there’s a new ...
Health Talk: An advertising supplement to The Morning Journal By Andrea L. Fisher, O.D. There are three obvious advantages to instilling the antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drops at the time of ...
The “dropless” therapy for cataract surgeries could save Medicare and Medicaid millions over the next decade, according to a new study from Cataract Surgeons for Improved Eyecare. 1. Dropless therapy ...
A shot in the eye versus several weeks of three different eye drops. The thought may be a bit intense, but if the shot is not felt and money is saved by not having to buy expensive eye drops, the ...
All Ann Britton wanted was to be able to see the road signs clearly and no longer have trouble reading the pages in a book. Six months ago, her eyes began to cloud up with cataracts, a build-up of ...
Thousands of people each year have cataract surgery to correct a clouding of the lens inside the eye, and now a recently approved change to the procedure could help patients avoid the inconvenience of ...
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)- Every year, three million Americans undergo cataract surgery, replacing the cloudy lens in their eye. Recovery is usually 2 to 6 weeks and it includes weeks of eye drops. Now, ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inflammation was not significantly different between the dropless regimen and topical regimen. Patients in the ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — “Dropless” cataract surgery offers an alternative to postoperative drops, according to a speaker ...
Postoperative prevention of infection and suppression of inflammation after cataract surgery is best accomplished through a "dropless" approach, according to Jeffrey Todd Liegner, MD, of Eye Care ...