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Could cataract surgery be a good idea with the advances in methods today?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Yes: Currently technology has made this one of the most successful restorative procedures out there. If your visual deterioration is determined to be due to cataracts, then removal would be a good idea.
Answered 2/10/2014
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Cataract Surgery: Cataract surgery has advanced tremendously in last few decades. This is the best time in the history of world to have a cataract & to undergo surgery. New premium lenses give the possibility of seeing reading, intermediate, distance without glasses. New laser cataract surgery (femtosecond laser), ORA, IOL Master help us give the best outcomes in the history of cataract surgery; risks much lower
Answered 8/8/2014
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Good evening doctors. If you do not have cataract surgery, can you become blind?
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I have cataracts surgery before 15 days. But i still can't read well even with +4 glasses. My surgery was done in the manual method and the laser one.?
Very good morning doctors. Is there a way to know that you absolutely must have cataract surgery?
Good evening doctors. Are there any symptoms that I would know that I need to have cataract surgery and it is no longer prudent to wait?
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