Word: cataract
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...factory performs a variety of operations, including cataract removal, glaucoma surgery and the implantation of lenses. But the most popular procedure is radial keratotomy, in which a series of fine spokelike incisions are made on the cornea to correct myopia. In a recent two-month period, boasts Fyodorov, 20 institute surgeons handled 1,600 such operations "with only four minor complications." The treatment, which he helped develop, is still controversial...
Life without ozone could not exist, as large amounts of low-energy ultraviolet radiation would pass freely to the ground. Such radiation could damage plants, reduce crop yields, promote skin cancer, and induce cataract-related blindness in all land animals...
...Arcadia, for example, a hernia operation for a two-year-old child recently cost $450; the same surgery, if performed at a local children's hospital, would have run to $ 1,200 (excluding the surgeon's and anesthesiologist's fees in both cases). Similarly, cataract surgery at the center costs $700, compared with $1,700 charged at nearby Methodist Hospital of Southern California. Instead of paying $100 to $400 for a night in the hospital, patients at the new clinics are sent home with instructions on how to care for themselves. "They know what to anticipate...
Among them: cataract surgery, tonsillectomy, breast biopsy, D & C (dilatation and curettage of the uterus), knee arthroscopy, vasectomy and facelifts. Essentially, the centers can perform any operation that does not require prolonged general anesthesia and extensive post-op care. Because they avoid the overhead costs of such services, the surgical centers can charge as little as one-third of what a hospital asks for a given procedure. Boasts Surgeon Darrell Holman, a co-founder of the Arcadia center: "We've streamlined our costs so that we're as efficient as a submarine...
...accuracy and safety, the YAG can be applied where an ordinary laser cannot. In Europe, it has been used to treat more than 8,000 patients. The technique was introduced in the U.S. earlier this year, and 800 patients have been treated. While the YAG does not replace traditional cataract surgery to remove a clouded lens, it can be used as a first step to sever the membrane that encloses the lens. The YAG is also valuable in postsurgical followup. In as many as 20% of cataract patients, a second operation is needed to cut away eye membranes that become...