Cataract Surgery in Varanasi
A cataract is the clouding of the eye's natural lens. It develops slowly, usually with age, and is the leading cause of treatable blindness in India. The good news: modern cataract surgery is a 5 to 8 minute procedure, done under topical anaesthesia (eye drops, no injection), with same-day discharge and vision that typically recovers within days.
Dr Pratyush Ranjan has performed more than 65,000+ cataract surgeries over his career, including complicated and advanced cataracts referred from across eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. He practises at ASG Superspeciality Eye Hospital, Mahmoorganj, Varanasi, where he is Medical Director.
When do you need surgery?
Common symptoms: blurred or hazy vision, glare and halos around lights at night, needing brighter light to read, frequent change of glasses, colours looking faded. In early stages glasses may help. When they stop helping, surgery is the only effective treatment. There is no medicine, drop or diet that reverses a cataract.
Techniques offered
Phacoemulsification (Phaco): The standard modern technique. The cloudy lens is broken up by ultrasound through a 2 to 2.8 mm incision and replaced with a foldable intraocular lens. No stitches, no injection, no patch in most cases.
R-MSICS (Ranjan's Modified Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery): Dr Ranjan's own refinement of MSICS, with flap-less tunnel construction that preserves limbal stem cells, avoids dye, and uses fewer instruments. It delivers quick, high-quality recovery at a cost accessible to every patient, and is often the safer choice for very hard or advanced cataracts.
Complicated cataract surgery: White, hypermature, hard brown and black cataracts, small pupils, weak zonules, post-injury cataracts and cataracts with glaucoma. These cases need an experienced surgical team; a large share of Dr Ranjan's referral work is exactly this.
Combined cataract and glaucoma surgery: For patients who have both conditions, a single sitting can address both, using the Infinity Incision technique developed by Dr Ranjan.
Choosing your lens (IOL)
The lens implanted during surgery decides how you see for the rest of your life, so choosing it deserves as much attention as the surgery itself. Options include monofocal, toric (for astigmatism), multifocal and EDOF lenses, in Indian and imported ranges across budgets.
Dr Ranjan has developed the Ranjan Rainbow Tool, a structured lens-selection method that matches your daily visual life (reading, screens, driving, glasses-freedom goals, budget) with your eye examination findings. You can try it now: Find Your Lens
What to expect
Before surgery: comprehensive examination, biometry for lens power calculation, counselling on lens choice. Day of surgery: admission, surgery of 5 to 8 minutes, observation, same-day discharge with drops. After surgery: most patients resume routine activity within 2 to 3 days, with follow-up visits as advised. Detailed written instructions are provided.
Watch real surgeries:
Recordings of different cataract techniques and complicated cases performed by Dr Ranjan: Surgical Videos
Consult
Dr Pratyush Ranjan, ASG Superspeciality Eye Hospital, Corporate Plaza, Mahmoorganj, Varanasi.
Phone / WhatsApp: +91 98079 88146
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