CATARACT surgery
A cataract is the clouding of the
normally clear lens that sits in the eye behind the pupil.Most cataracts are
related to aging. Cataract is responsible for 62.60% of blindness in India in
person above 60 years of age.
Recent data from the World Health
Organization show that there is a 25% decrease in blindness prevalence in India
and this can be attributed to increased number of cataract surgeries over the
years.The delicate balance is offset by the increasing population and life
expectancy. The number of people aged 60 years or older was 56 million in 1991
and it doubled by 2016, thus proportionately increasing the number of people at
risk of cataract blindness.
Common symptoms from cataracts
include halos around lights, needing more light to read, reduced clarity of
vision and reduction in the brightness of colors. Such symptoms can also be
associated with many other eye conditions, so it is important to visit your eye
care provider to properly diagnose the cause of your symptoms.
In early stages, Cataract can be
treated by prescription glasses, later on when glasses don’t work, surgery
remains the only choice.
Cataract Surgery can be of
different types.
· Phacoemulsification Surgery
(Phaco)
· Femtosecond laser-assisted
cataract surgery (FLACS)
· The Ranjan’s Modified Manual
Small Incision cataract surgery (R -MSICS)
· Manual small incision cataract
surgery (MSICS)
· Extracapsular cataract
extraction (ECCE)
· Intracapsular cataract
extraction (ICCE)
Different Cataract Surgeries
and Surgeries performed on complicated cataracts performed by Dr Pratyush
Ranjan can be viewed by clicking the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAwOY-UVWNo&list=PLuzfqj1sqCXw8Kay91rihUm5BOu0vGlrk
