Category: Cataract
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How cataract operation is performed? Eye is taken out of the body?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] How cataract operation is performed? Eye is taken out of the body? [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image source=”external_link” external_img_size=”800×800″ alignment=”center” title=”The eye is not removed out of the body during surgery. How is the patient laid down? And how do doctors sit and operate? Positions are visible in these photos” custom_src=”http://www.drasifkhokhar.com/Images/Cataract/CataractImage13.jpg”][vc_single_image source=”external_link” external_img_size=”800×800″ alignment=”center” title=”Photographs taken from different…
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When should cataract surgery be performed? Right now I see enough. Why should I be operated?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] With regard to the timing of the operation, it is now a general rule that the operation will be decided on the basis of the patient’s disability. Therefore, a young patient who has to drive a car and work on a computer will be advised to have an operation immediately, even in the presence…
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What is difference between phaco operation and operation with stiches?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is the difference between phaco surgery and operation with stitches? In the older technique to remove cataract, a large incision is made, then a rigid artificial lens is inserted through the large incision. After the procedure, the incision is closed with fine stitches. This method is even now used but only when there…
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Which weather is better for cataract operation?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The realities of the weather, although it is a bitter fact, are reality. In most people cataract surgery is not an emergency operation. Then there is the fact that the standard treatment for cataract is an expensive treatment that requires a considerable amount of money, and obviously the income of many of our people is…
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What are types of lenses? Which lens is better?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There are two types of lenses which are implated after removal of cataract: Foldable IOL Non-foldable IOL NonFoldable lens These lenses are made up of hard material. A large incision is made to insert them. Most are now becoming obsolete. As the incision is very large so the wound is closed by stitches. Foldable…
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I have heard that there are many problems due to lens after operation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It is not that lenses cause a lot of problems. Many people get into trouble after removing the lenses. Is that true? Most of the problems that arise after the operation are usually associated with the lens. However, this is actually a huge misunderstanding. Probably only one in a thousand problem may be related…
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What is a cataract?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ?What is a cataract What is cataract? Each eye has a lens that is perfectly transparent. It focuses light rays and creates an image on the retina which is perceived by brain. For various reasons the lens transforms into an opaque ball can’t transmit light rays to the retina. The vision is affected by…
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What is treament of cataract?
[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Is it possible to treat cataract without operation? Maybe some oral medicine or some eye drops or some exercises? There are certain things that can be done to prevent cataract formation. In the same way, cataract formation has started, its speed may be slowed down. Some examples are discussed I following paragraph. If general…
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How cataract operation is performed?
[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Is it reality that the operation is performed without injection and stitching? It is a miracle of modern technology. Many times, when we ophthalmologists sit down together, we are amazed at the number of injections we used to give for operation and what kind of complications we used to encounter! In fact, as the…