A recent study published in the journal Ophthalmology showed a link between cataract surgery and diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy is a side-effect of diabetes where the eye’s retina is damaged. It can result in blindness, blurry vision or other sight problems.
Randall V. Wong, M.D. explains in a recent blog posting that “this seems to underscore the importance of having cataract surgery earlier than later, that is, have cataract surgery when the retinopathy is either detectable or barely detectible.” Wong, an Ophthalmologist and Retina Specialist, also indicated that newer cataract procedures are safer and the rates for diabetic retinopathy with those procedures are lower than older methods.
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