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, ...

Same-day bilateral cataract surgery led to vision outcomes that were at least as good as those with delayed sequential procedures, with limited impact on most patients' daily activities, according to ...

The results of two new studies show that it can be safe, effective and practical for most patients to have cataract surgery on both eyes in one day. Both studies were presented at the 43rd Congress of ...

The three groups submitting comments on the proposed rule — American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society — said in ...

Patients receive about the same results whether both eyes are treated at the same time or in different procedures weeks apart Same-day patients are able to function at home immediately following their ...