What is cataract?

Cataract is clouding of the eye’s natural lens. It is a natural process of ageing. Every individual gets it sooner or later. Cataract impairs focusing of light on the retina and hence blurs vision.

What are the types of cataract?

1. Senile Cataract (Due to old age)
2. Congenital Cataract (occurs by birth)
3. Traumatic Cataract (Due to eye injuries)
4. Steroid Induced Cataract (side effects of drug)

What causes eye cataracts?

The major cause for cataract is age. Other than that, various factors can cause the formation of cataracts like:

1. Previous or untreated eye injury
2. Hypertension
3. Previous eye surgery
4. UV radiation
5. Long exposure to sunlight
6. Over usage of certain medications
7. Hormone replacement therapy

What are the symptoms of cataract?

There are no medicines with proven efficacy to prevent or to treat cataract. The only effective treatment is surgical removal of cataract. Diabetes, hypertension and other general health problems are not a contraindication for cataract surgery. The cataract need not 'mature' for surgery

When is treatment advised?

The decision to treat a cataract is made together by the eye care practitioner and the patient. It is based on the degree to which the cataract is impairing vision and the effect of the impairment on the patient's quality of life.

Laser Cataract Surgery

Phacoemulsification is a procedure in which surgeon makes small incisions with help of blade to enter the eye and cataract is removed with the phacoemulsification probe. Surgeon uses ultrasound energy to dissolve cataract. Traditional phacoemulsification procedure is highly skilful surgery, very much dependent upon surgeon’s dexterity, experience and volume of surgeries one has performed.

In laser assisted cataract surgery, an advanced femtosecond laser replaces or assists use of a hand-held surgical tool for the following steps in cataract surgery:

1. The Corneal Incision
2. The Anterior Capsulorrhexis
3. Cataract Fragmentation

Use of a laser can improve the precision, accuracy and reproducibility of each of these steps, potentially reducing risks and improving visual outcomes of cataract surgery.

Pragati Eye Center services

1. Topical non-stitch, non-pad Phacoemulsification Cataract operation.
2. Phaco Emulsification units from Abbott Medical Optics U.S.A
3. Femtosecond Laser
4. Implantation of Specialised lens like Multifocal & Toric lenses
5. YAG Laser Capsulotomy for After Cataract
6. Ultrasound A-scan