There are many factors that affect an IOL’s behavior in the eye and the amount of posterior capsular opacification that develops after cataract surgery. Surgical factors include careful operational ...

The Akreos Disc IOL helped prevent posterior capsular opacification in cataract patients, according to two surgeons discussing two separate studies. Dieter V. Eisenmann, MD, and Pierre-Yves Santiago, ...

Posterior capsular opacification (PCO) is the most common complication of cataract surgery, but incidence rates depend on surgical technique, characteristics of the intraocular lens (IOL), and the ...

Researchers at the University of East Anglia in collaboration with Hoya Surgical Optics have improved a laboratory model that simulates cataract surgery on human donor eyes. Their latest human model ...

Celebrating 75 years of intraocular lens advancements that have improved care for millions of cataract patients. On November 29, 1949, Sir Harold Ridley performed a surgical procedure to replace a ...

Cataract is a clouding of the lens within the eye and affects tens of millions of people. At present, there is no cure for cataract, and consequently the only available method to treat cataract is by ...

New research uses an improved laboratory model to simulate cataract surgery on human donor eyes. Researchers at the University of East Anglia in collaboration with Hoya Surgical Optics have improved a ...