Dr. Armando Torres-vazquez M.D.

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• What to Expect After Cataract Surgery?

  As long as you are healthy, you don’t have any other eye infections and you don’t smoke, your cataract operation recovery should be without much ado. Research shows that several months after the surgery, most people get a positive outcome with better vision, clearer images and no other eye...

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