Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Cataract Surgery Reduces Injuries to Elderly
"A large US study of older people with a diagnosis of cataract, finds
that the risk of hip fracture is lower following cataract surgery,
suggesting the
vision-improving surgery may reduce the odds of injury-related falls," says Medical News Today. "The study, which appears in the 1 August online issue of JAMA, reports how researchers examined data on over a million Medicare patients aged 65 and
over with a diagnosis of cataract and found those who underwent cataract surgery had a lower odds of hip fracture 1 year after the procedure, compared with
those who did not have the surgery." Read more.
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Cataract surgery is generally performed by an ophthalmologist in an ambulatory setting, in a surgical center or hospital, using local anesthesia, usually causing little or no discomfort to the patient. Well over 90% of operations are successful in restoring useful vision, with a low complication rate. Cataract Surgery
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