• Primary care · Sep 2015

    Review

    Cataracts.

    • Jay Thompson and Naheed Lakhani.
    • Lowcountry Eye Specialists, 9565 Highway 78, #100, Ladson, SC 20456, USA. Electronic address: jt3md@yahoo.com.
    • Prim. Care. 2015 Sep 1; 42 (3): 409-23.

    AbstractCataract surgery with an intraocular lens implant is one of the most common and thought to be the most effective surgical procedure in any field of medicine. Although aging is the most common cause, other factors are also known to be associated with cataract formation. Although cataracts are the domain of ophthalmology, primary care physicians are frequently the ones to whom patients present with vision complaints. Knowledge of cataract symptoms, how to evaluate them, and a basic understanding of the surgery to correct cataracts make primary care physicians an integral part of treating this leading cause of preventable blindness. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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