Comment on: The association between bariatric surgery and cataract: a propensity score-matched cohort study

Dr. Jacques Daviel, one of the first surgeons to perform a cataract extraction in 1747. Dr. Joaquim Barraquer, well known cataract surgeon and the first one to use the enzyme alpha chymotrypsin to dissolve the lens zonules. Dr. Kelman, who revolutionized this surgery with the introduction of the phacoemulsification, or Sir Harold Ridley, inventor of the intraocular lens during World War II, would be extremely proud of the authors of this paper about cataract and bariatric surgery [1].
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research