2023-12-28 08:00:03
Common eye diseases among older adults, glaucoma and cataracts can occur at the same time. Cataract is due to a progressive opacification of the lens present in the middle of the eye, the crystalline lens, which hinders distance and near vision. Glaucoma is damage to the optic nerve, often associated with elevated intraocular pressure, which leads to narrowing of the field of vision.
What treatment is possible for these two pathologies? In what cases can we operate?
Professor Jean-Philippe NordmannHead of the ophthalmology department at Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Center in Paris, Director of Glaucoma Center
Pr Seydou Bakayoko, lecturer in ophthalmology at the University of Bamako in Mali, former director of Iota and member of the scientific council of the fondation Thea
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