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2. Manual small incision cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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   Manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) is an evolution of extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE); the lens is removed from the eye through a self-sealing scleral tunnel wound. A well-constructed scleral tunnel is held closed by internal pressure, is watertight, and does not require suturing.

3. Cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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   Cataract surgery, also called lens replacement surgery, is the removal of the natural lens of the eye that has developed a cataract, an opaque or cloudy area. [1] The eye's natural lens is usually replaced with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL) implant.

4. Cataract - Wikipedia

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   Posterior capsular opacification, also known as after-cataract, is a condition in which months or years after successful cataract surgery, vision deteriorates or problems with glare and light scattering recur, usually due to thickening of the back or posterior capsule surrounding the implanted lens, so-called 'posterior lens capsule opacification'.

5. Global access to cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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   A 2009 study showed that the prevalence of cataract blindness in people 50 years and older ranged from 0.5% in Buenos Aires, to 2.3% in parts of Guatemala. Poor vision due to cataracts ranged from 0.9% in Buenos Aires, to 10.7% in parts of Peru. Cataract-surgical coverage ranged from good in parts of Brazil to poor in Paraguay, Peru, and ...

6. Phacoemulsification - Wikipedia

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   This may occur in the event of posterior capsule rupture, zonular dehiscence, [Note 1] or a dropped nucleus [Note 2] with a nuclear fragment more than half the size of the cataract; [2] problematic capsulorhexis with a hard cataract; [2] or a very dense cataract where phacoemulsification is likely to cause permanent damage to the cornea. [2]

7. Urgent care center - Wikipedia

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   While urgent care centers are usually not open 24 hours a day, 70% of centers in the United States open by 8:00 a.m. or earlier and 95% close after 7:00 p.m. [13] A patient waiting room at an urgent care clinic in North Carolina. As of 2014, the urgent care industry is worth an estimated $14.5 billion. [14]