CATARACT FEATURES

Patient pathway for cataract surgery
Dr Janet English, Sue Puckering and Eileen Truman describe the progress of one of the pioneering cataract referral schemes 09 May 2008

New developments at ESCRS
Mark Korolkiewicz reports on the latest technology trends aired at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery conference held recently in Stockholm 23 November 2007

Letter from America
Mark Korolkiewicz reports from this year's American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons' annual conference in San Diego25 May 2007

The cataract surgeon
The life of the cataract surgeon is a busy but incredibly rewarding one. Shannon McKenzie reports23 March 2007

Eradicating preventable blindness - Vision 2020
Dr Iain Philips looks at the diseases Vision 2020 aims to eradicate and strategies the WHO initiative is adopting to prevent blindness14 October 2005

Laser interactions in the anterior chamber
Douglas Clarkson describes laser interactions which occur in tissue and fluids in the anterior chamber and which the product literature often fails to explain accurately08 July 2005

Cataracts and driving - Part 2
After reviewing various aspects of visual function and its assessment for elderly drivers with cataract it can be concluded that no single test is able to reliably assess a driver's road safety. optician/City University prize winner Jaspal Punia argues that the DVLA should employ a 'battery' of vision tests if driving vision is to be adequately assessed08 April 2005

Cataract incidence
Worldwide, cataract is the commonest cause of blindness: 20m people are believed blind because of unoperated cataract, of whom women account for about 65 per cent. Globally, the biggest concentrations of cataract blindness (about 13m people) are in India, China and Africa, with an incidence put as 50 per cent higher in rural than in urban areas.18 February 2005

Eye care services steering group The cataract pathway
The cataract patient pathway initiative is proving to be a bonus for many elderly and susceptible people and deserves a higher profile, writes Elizabeth Frost, chair of the Cataract Steering Group18 February 2005