Cataract Surgery in Tamil Nadu

What is Cataract Surgery?

Removal of the clouded natural lens and replacement with a clear artificial lens to restore vision

Why Cataract Surgery Is Needed

Performed when the eye's natural lens becomes clouded, most commonly due to age-related changes, but also from diabetes, prolonged steroid use, eye injury, or congenital causes, once the clouding significantly impairs vision and daily activities. Surgery is generally recommended once the cataract interferes meaningfully with reading, driving, or other everyday tasks, rather than based on a fixed severity threshold.

Signs You May Need Cataract Surgery

Blurry or cloudy vision, increased sensitivity to glare, especially from headlights while driving at night, fading or yellowing of colors, frequent changes in eyeglass prescription, and difficulty seeing in low light are the classic warning signs. Double vision in one eye and halos around lights can also occur as the cataract progresses.

Types of Cataract Surgery

Phacoemulsification, using ultrasound energy to break up and remove the clouded lens through a tiny incision before inserting a folded artificial intraocular lens, is the standard modern technique. Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery is a newer variant that uses a laser for some of the incision and lens-fragmentation steps, while older extracapsular extraction is now reserved for rare, more advanced cases.

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