A study in the New England Journal of Medicine, titled “Preoperative Medical Testing in Medicare Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery,” found pre-cataract testing was more “strongly associated with ...

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that clinicians vastly overprepare patients for cataract procedures, driving up costs dramatically. Researchers conclude that 53 percent ...

Although routine preoperative testing is not indicated for patients undergoing cataract surgery, researchers at UC San Francisco have found that it is still a common occurrence and is driven primarily ...

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a joint society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ...

(HealthDay News) — Many patients still undergo preoperative testing before cataract surgery despite recommendations against it, according to a study published in the April 16 issue of the New England ...

Requiring patients to get blood work and other tests before undergoing cataract surgery hasn’t been recommended for more than a dozen years. There’s good reason for that: The eye surgery generally ...

The elimination of extensive routine preoperative tests and consultations represents an area of potentially large health care savings across many disciplines, particularly for low-risk patients being ...

WASHINGTON — Space shuttle science may soon come to an eye doctor near you: Researchers are using a NASA gadget to finally tell if a cataract is brewing before someone's vision clouds over. It's ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a recent blog, I described the three stakeholders in any new medical offering: the patient, the doctor and ...

Although routine preoperative testing is not indicated for patients undergoing cataract surgery, researchers at UC San Francisco have found that it is still a common occurrence and is driven primarily ...

WASHINGTON - Space shuttle science may soon come to an eye doctor near you: Researchers are using a NASA gadget to finally tell if a cataract is brewing before someone's vision clouds over. It's a ...

Although routine preoperative testing is not indicated for patients undergoing cataract surgery, researchers at UC San Francisco have found that it is still a common occurrence and is driven primarily ...