Earlier, an operation to remove cataracts could only be done when the disease "ripened." On this in different organisms takes a certain amount of time. But sometimes waiting for the possibility of surgical intervention accounted for ten or more years.
Benefits of modern cataract surgery
Today, ophthalmologists offer to treat vision with the simplest and most effective method - phacoemulsification. This is also an operation, but it can be carried out at any stage. That is, thanks to modern technology, now you do not need to wait until your eyesight finally deteriorates.
The operation for removing cataracts with the replacement of the lens has other advantages:
- The whole procedure takes no more than half an hour. During phacoemulsification, a small incision is made, into which a special probe is subsequently inserted. He is using ultrasound to break the old lens, affected by cataracts, and in its place is introduced a flexible lens.
- After the operation to remove cataracts, the patient does not have to limit himself in anything. Immediately after the procedure, you can go home. All seams self-seal, and phacoemulsification does not affect overall health.
- The operation does not imply age restrictions.
- The effect of phacoemulsification is noticeable within a few hours after the procedure - patients begin to see better.
- There is no need for rehabilitation in the postoperative period after the operation to remove cataracts.
Among other things, an operation is performed under local anesthesia . Accordingly, it is much easier to transfer.
Contraindications for cataract surgery
Unfortunately, some patients will not be cured of cataract by phacoemulsification. The operation is contraindicated when:
- pregnancy;
- infectious diseases;
- pronounced inflammatory processes;
- absence of a person's light perception;
- decompensated glaucoma.