MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cataract surgery'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:54:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684506&cid=t_221706_113_f&fid=39278&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogsite.mdbuyline.com%2F%3Fp%3D229 Has technology made cataract surgery that much more efficient?  I was just going over ambulatory surgery trends and found the professional payment for cataract surgery has dropped over 14% (CPT 66984) in the last two years, 45% since 1996.  At the same time, the technical payment (APC 0246) rose almost 10%.  This is a common trend, especially when a costly technology is involved.  One parallel example is CT, a technology that performs approximately 69 million scans yearly.  Over the last two years, the professional payment has dropped almost 30%.  One thing cataract extraction has in common with imaging is volume.  Each year, over 1.5 million cataract extraction procedures are performed, making it one of the more common surgical procedures performed in the U.S.  When I spoke with T... MD Buyline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684506 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:38:12 +0100 4684506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4343129&cid=t_221706_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fglaucoma-testing-through-the-eyelid%2F2011.01.13 Intraocular pressure is usually measured by applying a force on the cornea using a tonometer. Although sufficiently accurate, tonometers are only used in ophthalmologist offices and so don’t measure intra-day pressures. They also fail with people post cataract surgery that have a thicker cornea. Researchers at University of Arizona have developed a new device that measures intraocular pressure through the eyelid. From the University of Arizona College of Engineering: The self-test instrument has been designed in Eniko Enikov’s lab at the UA College of Engineering. Gone are the eye drops and need for a sterilized sensor. In their place is an easy-to-use probe that gently rubs the eyelid and can be used at home. “You simply close your eye and rub the eyelid like you might c... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4343129 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:00:03 +0100 4343129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3973114&cid=t_221706_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F2VKEYVGzqQs%2F Just as Allergan pleads guilty to a misdemeanor for misbranding in relation to off-label promotion of its widely used Botox (see this), the drugmaker was also tagged by the FDA for running an ad for its Acuvail anti-inflammatory that the agency deemed misleading for overstating efficacy and omitting risk information. Acuvail is an non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, or NSAID, that is used Acuvail is used to treat pain and inflammation after cataract surgery. But a recent two-page ad - which features a row of four diamonds that range from small and dull to large and sparkly - suggests the drug has “enhanced” and is superior to other ocular NSAIDs. The FDA, however, says this isn’t so, and goes on to spank Allergan for implying Acuvail improves outcomes and patient comfort, a... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3973114 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:30:23 +0100 3973114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977366&cid=t_221706_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FJ6rGhErtI3E%2F Your eye is a complicated body part; if all the parts don’t work properly, your vision is affected. Part of your eye is the lens, which is the clear part that allows the eye to focus light or an image on the retina. The lens is made up mostly of water and protein. The retina is the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. If this lens gets cloudy, this is called a cataract. The lens gets cloudy when the protein bunches up together in the lens. The light or image can’t pass through the lens, leaving a cloudy spot. As the cataract gets larger and becomes more set, the color changes and you can see a yellowish or brownish tint when you look at things. According to Thomas Kohnen of the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, and his colleagues, many as 10 million people arou... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977366 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:35:27 +0100 2977366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441383&cid=t_221706_93_f&fid=36982&url=http%3A%2F%2Fprep4md.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fphacoemulsification-cataract-surgery.html Phaco with pterygium & foldable lens ...Thanks for reading :) ... http://prep4md.blogspot.com/ (Source: My M.D. Journey!) My M.D. Journey! blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441383 Thu, 21 May 2009 15:56:00 +0100 2441383