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  2. Clear lens extraction - Wikipedia

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    Clear lens extraction. Clear lens extraction, also known as refractive lensectomy, custom lens replacement or refractive lens exchange is a surgical procedure in which clear lens of the human eye is removed. Unlike cataract surgery, where cloudy lens is removed to treat cataract, clear lens extraction is done to surgically correct refractive ...

  3. Refractive surgery - Wikipedia

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    Refractive surgery. Refractive surgery is an optional eye surgery used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease or eliminate dependency on glasses or contact lenses. This can include various methods of surgical remodeling of the cornea ( keratomileusis ), lens implantation or lens replacement.

  4. Cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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    Cataract surgery is the most common application of lens removal surgery, and is usually associated with lens replacement. It is used to remove the natural lens of the eye when it has developed a cataract, a cloudy area in the lens that causes visual impairment. [4] [10] Cataracts usually develop slowly and can affect one or both eyes. [4]

  5. Intraocular lens - Wikipedia

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    An Intraocular lens ( IOL) is a lens implanted in the eye usually as part of a treatment for cataracts or for correcting other vision problems such as short sightedness and long sightedness; a form of refractive surgery. If the natural lens is left in the eye, the IOL is known as phakic, otherwise it is a pseudophakic lens (or false lens).

  6. Does Medicare cover knee replacement surgery? - AOL

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    The average patient's out-of-pocket cost for a knee replacement or hip replacement is about $2,000. “If a patient has the procedure in a hospital and stays in the hospital as an inpatient ...

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    The NCOA report found that people who wound up on the Medicare Cliff saw their out-of-pocket medical costs rise from $2,600 annually to $3,100 within two years. “Medicaid actually pays for some ...

  8. Phacoemulsification - Wikipedia

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    Phacoemulsification is a cataract surgery method in which the internal lens of the eye which has developed a cataract is emulsified with the tip of an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye. Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution to maintain the volume of the anterior chamber during the procedure.

  9. Phakic intraocular lens - Wikipedia

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    A phakic intraocular lens ( PIOL) is an intraocular lens that is implanted surgically into the eye to correct refractive errors without removing the natural lens (also known as "phakos", hence the term). Intraocular lenses that are implanted into eyes after the eye's natural lens has been removed during cataract surgery are known as pseudophakic.

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