The Conversation reports cataract surgery is safe and common, with over 90% achieving 20/20 vision, but patients need to understand various aspects before the procedure.

Trust is one of the most important factors in major health-care decisions such as surgery. Patients put their trust into the hands of the surgeon that will be performing a surgical procedure to ...

The A.A.O. recommends that adults with no signs or risk factors for eye disease get a comprehensive exam at 40 to establish a ...

Thyroid eye disease (TED) occurs in about 40% of people with Graves’ disease. Surgery may help when TED affects eye function or structure. Orbital decompression creates more space behind the eye by ...

What training and experience would you expect your doctor to have before operating on your eye? Would it be OK if they were not a surgeon, never went to medical school, and then proposed to operate on ...