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 said ...

MELT-300, a combination of midazolam and ketamine administered sublingually before cataract surgery, achieved the primary sedation endpoint in a pivotal phase 2 efficacy and safety study, Melt ...

An oral, fixed-dose combination of midazolam and ketamine was effective for procedural sedation during cataract surgery.

At the Freedom Vision Surgery Center in Encino, Calif., where Aizuss practices, Anthem patients who come in for cataract surgery are asked to pay $400 out-of-pocket upfront for anesthesia services.

"The presence of anesthesia personnel is one of the key ingredients in the patient safety and effectiveness of cataract surgery today," says Dr. David Glasser, an ophthalmologist in Columbia, Md ...

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 ...

The Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society issued a statement criticizing Anthem's clinical guideline related to anesthesia services during cataract surgery.

Cataract surgery removes the clouded lens of the eye and replaces it with a new, clear lens. Ivan-balvan/iStock via Getty Images Plus Cataract surgery is one of the most popular and commonly ...

Cataract Surgery and Anesthesia Techniques Publication Trend The graph below shows the total number of publications each year in Cataract Surgery and Anesthesia Techniques.

Lanosterol eye drops could be a non-invasive alternative to cataract surgery.