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Cataracts
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has a leaflet about Cataract.
Understanding Cataracts
A booket produced by The Royal College of Ophthalmologists called Understanding Cataracts.
Congenital Cataracts
Information from the RNIB
Laser surgery following cataract operations
Information from the RNIB
Cataracts and other eye problems
Information written by a UK consultant eye surgeon
Moorfields Hospital
Their website includes lots of factsheets on eye conditions including one on cataracts.
Implantation of accommodating intraocular lenses for cataract
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Implantation of accommodating intraocular lenses for cataract.
Implantation of multifocal (non-accommodative) intraocular lenses during cataract surgery
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Implantation of multifocal (non-accommodative) intraocular lenses during cataract surgery.
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Has a large information library which includes information about cataract surgery.
Post Operative Advice Following Cataract Surgery
West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust provide a wide range of patient information, including one in this area.
Cataract surgery
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Cataracts, age-related
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Cataracts, childhood
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Cataracts
Information from BUPA.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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