Template:Did you know nominations/Cataract surgery

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 19:28, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Cataract surgery in São Paulo, Brazil

• ... that most patients can return to normal activities the day after undergoing cataract surgery by phacoemulsification? Source: From Southern California Eye Consultants: "Cataract surgery has a fast recovery rate with only a few restrictions to contend with. With the day of surgery excepted, no bed rest is required. Most patients can return to normal activities the following day. That being said, be sure to avoid the following until the eye doctor gives the okay."
  • ALT1: ... that indirect evidence suggests that cataract surgery could have been performed as early as in Ancient Egypt? Source: From the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery: "In conclusion, although we still lack direct evidence for cataract surgery in ancient Egypt, the indirect evidence suggests that it was possible."
  • ALT2: ... that in 1949, Harold Ridley became the first physician to successfully implant an intraocular lens during cataract surgery? Source: From Missouri Medicine: "In 1949 Sir Harold Ridley, a British ophthalmologist, implanted the first IOL. Prior to the introduction of IOLs, patients were aphakic (without a lens) after cataract surgery. [...] Sir Harold Ridley realized that wounded World War II pilots tolerated plastic pieces of shattered airplane windshields in their anterior chambers,17 and this observation encouraged him to implant an IOL made of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), also known as acrylic glass."
  • ALT3: ... that a 2022 investigation by online newspaper Scroll.in revealed that at least 519 patients had contracted infections after undergoing cataract surgery at mass eye camps in India? Source: From Scroll.in: "Scroll.in filed a Right to Information request to the central health ministry, seeking information on instances where patients had contracted infections. According to the response, since 2006, 469 people have either been blinded in one eye or had their vision 'seriously affected' after undergoing surgery at eye camps. The ministry also forwarded the query to state health departments, noting that health is a state subject. Responses from the states, further enquiries by Scroll.in and information from news reports indicated that, in fact, this figure stood at 519 at the least."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Funso Ojo
  • Comment: Since I recently helped Pbsouthwood get the article to GA status, I decided to nominate it for DYK, as well: here are some of the most interesting details you can find throughout the page, hopefully every fact is addressed correctly. I'll try to get my own QPQ review over the line as soon as possible!

Improved to Good Article status by Pbsouthwood (talk). Nominated by Oltrepier (talk) at 10:39, 22 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Cataract surgery; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• I don't know how useful this detail might be, but I forgot to mention that the article has been submitted for peer review, as well, so it might go through a few further changes. Oltrepier (talk) 10:48, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

  I am fine with any of these hooks. Alt3 has a particularly ironic twist when taken as a percentage of the number of procedures done in India during that period. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 08:45, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

• Comments Nice article, but featuring that image on Main Page will get complaints, as it is potentially triggering for some people. BorgQueen (talk) 12:54, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

  @BorgQueen: You're actually right, I didn't even think about it when I first included the picture: sorry for that... I've now tried to replace it with another image from the same article, which should look way less graphic, though I'd be absolutely fine with going for an "image-less" hook, if needed. Oltrepier (talk) 15:09, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, I forgot to make the submission available for a new review... Oltrepier (talk) 15:35, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Overall: @Oltrepier: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:38, 23 September 2023 (UTC)