Yttrium aluminum garnet laser capsulotomy after cataract surgery is tied to an increased risk for the progression of ...

Optometrists said patients find their YAG laser procedures convenient and timely. As eye care demand grows, and numbers of ophthalmologists decrease, optometrists can “fill the gap.” Patients who ...

Anterior capsule relaxing incisions created with an Nd:YAG laser shortly after cataract surgery decreased the incidence of anterior capsule contraction in high-risk patients, a study said. The ...

Zonular dehiscence during cataract surgery is usually associated with pre-existing weak zonules due to trauma and ocular or systemic diseases. 1, 2 We report the case of a 73-year-old patient with ...

Having optometrists perform laser eye surgery was not found to lead to a meaningful increase in nearby health care professionals for the population. Shorter travel times for care and an increase in ...

What are the signs that show I need cataract surgery? “There are several key signs that someone may need cataract surgery,” ...

Patients reported improvement in symptoms of eye floaters after treatment with a laser, according to a new study. Patients reported improvement in symptoms of eye floaters after treatment with a laser ...

Following as many as four Nd:YAG-laser vitreolysis procedures, mean IOP actually increased slightly from 14.2 to 15.3 mm Hg and the logMAR (minimum angle of resolution) declined from 0.14 at baseline ...

“Most ophthalmologists have a Yag laser. This system has a different kind of laser,” he said. “It does vaporize” the floaters. “There’s no laser that actually removes it from the eye. It vaporizes and ...

Laser eye surgery can help treat a variety of eye conditions and improve vision quality. Treatments such as LASIK have become increasingly popular, but not everyone is a candidate for this surgery. In ...