The Conversation reports cataract surgery is safe and common, with over 90% achieving 20/20 vision, but patients need to understand various aspects before the procedure.

Blumberg is a contributor for TIME. Blumberg is a contributor for TIME. It’s normal to have anxiety about cataract surgery—and even postpone scheduling the procedure out of fear. But it shouldn’t be ...

Christine L. Larsen, MD, is an ophthalmologist practicing at Minnesota Eye Consultants where she serves as medical director for the four ancillary surgery centers in the practice. Cataracts can't come ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inflammation is a common but treatable complication of cataract surgery. While surgeons have tools to handle ...

The administration of low-level light therapy before and after cataract surgery relieved symptoms of dry eye, a frequent complication of the procedure. This noninvasive treatment also enhanced the ...

About 1 in 20 people who have had a laser procedure to patch a retinal tear will have another retinal tear or, worse, a retinal detachment after they have cataract surgery, an analysis of a large ...