[3] In 1747, a French ophthalmologist, Jacques Daviel, was the first to perform extracapsular cataract ... is that it reduced the morbidity from cataract surgery by reducing the incision size ...

Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) still remains a frequent postoperative consequence of an uneventful uncomplicated extracapsular cataract surgery. The incidence of PCO is on the decline.

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has increased its coverage for patients in need of cataract surgery and ...