Cataract surgery and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are two conditions with significant public health implications in ageing populations. Cataract, the opacification of the eye’s natural lens, ... Becker's ASC: Eye surgeon performs fake surgery on patients without macular degeneration, gets 10 years in prison: 5 things to know Eye surgeon performs fake surgery on patients without macular degeneration, gets 10 years in prison: 5 things to know MedPage Today: Anti-VEGF Injections Versus Surgery for Submacular Hemorrhage in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Becker's ASC: FDA approves macular degeneration surgery for patients 65 years & older Macular degeneration surgery was originally only approved for patients over 75, but now the FDA has approved the outpatient surgery for those over 65, reports WWSB.
Eligibility for the surgery ... David Ming Pon, MD, an ophthalmologist based in Florida, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for convincing patients they needed treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration when they didn’t ... Both anti-VEGF and surgical treatments improve VA in AMD-related submacular hemorrhage, with no statistically significant difference between the two treatments. Anti-VEGF injections may be associated ...
