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    California governor Gavin Newsome recently vetoed legislation — opposed by ophthalmologists — that would have allowed optometrists to perform laser and scalpel eye surgeries.

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    A national registry study of 153,000 eyes found that glaucoma surgery done during cataract procedures had lower failure rates than doing two separate operations.

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    A national registry study of 153,000 eyes found that glaucoma surgery done during cataract procedures had lower failure rates than doing two separate operations.

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    • A large retrospective analysis of more than 150,000 eyes from a national eye registry have shown that #combining #surgeries for glaucoma and cataract into one procedure didn't diminish the effectiveness of the glaucoma portion. #AAO2022 https://t.co/I35svQN60l

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    Most gastrointestinal tract surgeries performed before hospice admission were for urgent or emergent complications of cancer and required patient hospitalization in the preceding 3 years, according to a California-based cohort study. The researchers also found that those readmitted to the hospital after hospice enrollment tended to be from underserved groups.

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    Dr. Ronald Fellman, president of the American Glaucoma Society, discusses the battle over reimbursement for glaucoma surgery and access to microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) for all patients.

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