How Has Cataract Treatment Advanced?

How Has Cataract Treatment Advanced? (0:25)

Cataract treatment has advanced in recent decades, with new preventative care and treatment available to patients. In this video, HealthMaker Steve McLeod, MD, chair of Ophthalmology at UCSF, talks about when new treatments burst onto the scene.

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The development of the intraocular lenses really is something that happened with great repetidy through the 80s into the 90s, and phacoemulsification really became the treatment of choice, and the big switch probably happened towards the late 80s, early 90s away from what we called extra capsular cataract extraction.

Stephen McLeod, MD

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About Stephen McLeod, MD

Stephen McLeod, MD, is chair of ophthalmology at UCSF. He specializes in refractive surgery, cataracts and corneal disease. He has focused on the development of an intraocular lens to restore near vision to cataract surgery patients.

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