Cataract Surgery

A cataract is a clouding of the eye’s natural lens which is normally clear. This forms when proteins and fibers within the lens break-down and clump together, causing a clouding effect on the lens that results in decreased vision quality. Cataracts progressively develop over a period of time and most commonly occur due to aging, but also may occur due to eye injury , following surgical treatment for other eye conditions congenital ( present from birth), long standing use of steroid medication and excessive radiation exposure.

In the early stages of development, patients are often unaware they have cataracts until symptoms start to affect vision. These Symptoms may include blurriness at both distance and near vision , faded colors, sometimes double vision, halos around light, trouble with bright light and seeing at night. The only treatment available for cataracts is surgery, where the cloudy natural lens is removed and replaced with a clear artificial lens implant. This Implant is known as an intraocular Lens (IOL) and is fixed inside the eye and just like the natural lens, it functions to focus light rays onto the retina. In addition to restoring vision that has been lost due to cataracts, IOL implants can offer vision correction for nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism and presbyopia, reducing or completely eliminating the need for glasses postoperatively. A wide range of intraocular lens Implants are available to patients, each offering different effective solutions for their specific vision correction needs. These options include