The Conversation reports cataract surgery is safe and common, with over 90% achieving 20/20 vision, but patients need to ...

Few medical topics trigger an instinctive reaction the way eye surgery does. Even people who confidently face dental work, orthopedic procedures, or routine medical screenings often hesitate when the ...

Cataracts—a condition that causes clouding of the eye's lens and deteriorating vision—will affect nearly everyone who lives long enough. Now Johns Hopkins scientists have pioneered a new ...

With more than 200,000 vision correction procedures performed since the early 1990s, Dello Russo Laser Vision stands among ...

Gladys Khoza had missed being able to see her family. Khoza is one of 133 people whose sight was restored during a “marathon” ...

Sept. 12 (UPI) --Same-day cataract surgery on both eyes can be safe, effective and practical, according to a pair of new studies. Cataract surgery typically is performed on one eye and then the other, ...

Thyroid eye disease (TED) occurs in about 40% of people with Graves’ disease. Surgery may help when TED affects eye function or structure. Orbital decompression creates more space behind the eye by ...

What training and experience would you expect your doctor to have before operating on your eye? Would it be OK if they were not a surgeon, never went to medical school, and then proposed to operate on ...

This story has been corrected. TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Hawaii — Patients seeking laser eye surgery can expect longer wait times at this Army hospital as its refractive center transitions from ...

In rare instances, complications after neck surgery can include eye problems. This depends on several factors, including the type of surgery and a person’s overall health. Neck surgery refers to a ...

A proposed bill in the Maine State Legislature would authorize optometrists to perform certain eye procedures. LD 1803 specifies 18 procedures that would still only be allowed to be performed by ...