The first study of oral sedation for cataract surgery in an office setting found it to be as safe as intravenous anesthesia ...

The new study involved 729 cataract surgeries that took place in the office surgical suite. Only one of the surgeries had a ...

NEW YORK — Patients who received sublingual anesthesia prior to cataract surgery had less anxiety than those who underwent an intravenous form of anesthesia for cataract surgery, according to a ...

A new study on office-based cataract surgery is challenging traditional approaches to the procedure, demonstrating that ...

Intraoperative complication rate was 0.14%, with no sedation adverse events and no cases aborted after sedation initiation.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cataract surgery is thought to be painless for most patients, but for the few who report discomfort during ...

Insight provides an in-depth look at health care issues in and affecting California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. If you need cataract surgery, your eye surgeon may have to do double duty as ...

In all, 200 patients were interviewed intraoperatively at the Eye Hospital, Petrisberg, Trier, Germany. The quality of the visual experiences was described and if these were pleasant, neutral or ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Melt Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Melt”), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing novel approaches for procedural sedation, today announced that the first ...

If you need cataract surgery, your eye surgeon may have to do double duty as your anesthetist under a new policy by health insurer Anthem. In a clinical guideline released this month, the company says ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Melt Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Melt”), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing novel approaches for procedural sedation, today announced the dosing of the ...

Anthem wants eye surgeons to monitor anesthesia during cataract surgery. Surgeons say the policy jeopardizes patient safety. andresr Getty Images If you need cataract surgery, your eye surgeon may ...