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Essentials to Know about Cataract surgery

After the 50s or 60s, human eyes tend to get issues like Cataracts. Cataract specialists have views that after a certain age, protein in the eye lens begins to break down and result in making the eye lens cloudy. Eyesight becomes blurry. This condition is Cataract. 

 

To get rid of Cataracts, surgery is the best and safest possible way to choose. Even cataract specialists have claimed that cataract surgery is one of the easiest operations to operate. However, any Cataract specialist will do a few things before the surgery and you need to know the essentials. 

 

Start with the Eye Exam 

 

Before the cataract surgery, any retina specialist will perform a comprehensive eye exam to understand 

 

overall health of the eyes 

 

evaluating the reasons behind surgery

 

Identifying the risks 

 

Refraction Testing 

 

There is another test waiting for you. A refraction test is – to check the ability of the eye to bend light and help in focusing the image on the retina. Now, in this test, the cataract specialist determines the amount of nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism before the surgery.  

 

IOL

 

IOL is Intra-Ocular Lens. The work of IOL is to replace the clouded human lens with a precisely engineered artificial lens. It gets permanently implanted into the eye at the time of cataract surgery. 

 

People usually want to get rid of glasses if they are undergoing cataract surgery. Nevertheless, for those who prefer glass, a mono-focal lens gets implanted surgically. 

 

Nowadays, there are several types of IOL to choose from depending upon the needs and wants for cataract surgery. Some IOLs could correct nearsightedness and farsightedness as well as astigmatism. 

 

Contact Viaan eye and retina centre for Cataract Surgery

 

Before Cataract surgery, one needs to be prepared with the information and research. Viaan eye and retina centre is always available to get you connected with the Cataract specialist in Gurgaon

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