Sandra Johnson
Editor

2009

Cataract surgery is one of the most frequently performed procedures in the United States, and cataracts are a leading cause of visual impairment in the world. Glaucoma is also a very common eye disease with an expected 3.3 million Americans afflicted with primary open angle glaucoma by 2020. It is also a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The coexistence of these two diseases is not uncommon, and how a cataract is approached can have an impact on the glaucoma status of a patient.