What does it mean to get a cataract surgery?

Cataract Surgery: We are all born with a natural crystalline lens in each of our eyes which, like a lens in a camera, helps focus light. As we age and as a result of certain diseases (like diabetes), our lenses may opacify, blocking light entry. In cataract surgery, the lens is broken up with an ultrasonic probe and removed with an aspiration device. Then, a synthetic lens made of clear acrylic or silicon is placed in the position of the original lens, replacing it. The result is a new, clear lens to focus light in place of the old, opacified one.

Lens replacement: A cataract is a cloudy lens causing reversible vision loss. Vision is restored by an outpatient surgery where the natural lens is commonly broken up and removed through a tiny incision and then replaced with a permanent artificial lens implant.

Cataract surgery: Cataract surgery is removal of the cataract and replacing it with an aritificial lens (implant).

Lens removal: Extraction of the human lens and implantation of a prosthetic intraocular lens.

Cataract surgery: Cataract surgery removes the lens opacity in a patient whose vision has deteriorated and replaces it with a lens implant.

Cataract surgery: cstaract surgery is when the natural lens (which has turned cloudy, "the cataract") is removed from the eye and replaced with a clear artificial lens implant.

Remove lens: The lens (behind iris) is usually clear & is like a pillow in a pillow case. When cloudy/white & affecting vision, surgery recommended. Goal is to remove top part of pillow case (anterior capsule), remove pillow (cataract), keep back pillow case intact (posterior capsule), place IOL; thru sm wound. Advances in cataract surgery (ie Femtosecond laser surgery) help! More info: eyedoc2020.blogspot.com