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 ...

The following is based on a benchmarking study from AAAHC on clinical findings for YAG laser posterior capsulotomy in the ASC based on data from 28 organizations that perform a combined total of ...

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care’s Institute for Quality Improvement conducted a benchmarking study on YAG laser posterior capsulotomy, a relatively high volume ambulatory ...

The most common complication of cataract surgery is opacification of the posterior capsule, typically due to proliferation of lens epithelial cells. This results in decreased vision for the patient ...

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

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 ...

In this prospective, randomized, bilateral clinical study, 40 eyes of 20 patients who underwent bilateral cataract surgery were included. The phacoemulsification machine, viscoelastic substances, ...

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Using an Nd:YAG laser in conjunction with scaling and root planing (SRP) can significantly improve periodontal inflammation compared to SRP alone, according to a study in the Journal of Periodontology ...