Cataract surgery
Cataracts are when the lens in the eyes become cloudy, either completely or partially. Often cataracts appear with older age. When the lens becomes clouded, vision can weaken and be blurred. Treatment for cataracts is usually a simple cataract surgery, which is often does as a day case procedure with a local anaesthetic. During cataract surgery, the cloudy lens is replaced with a clear plastic one. Depending on whether you have cataract surgery privately or not, the replacement lenses inserted may be multifocal or monofocal.
Is YAG laser capsulotomy as safe and simple as they say?
By Mr Colin Vize
2021-04-23
If your vision is getting blurry after having undergone cataract surgery, you might have Posterior Capsule Opacification (PCO) and need further treatment. Mr Colin Vize answers several key questions that patients have along their treatment journey. See more
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Mr John Brookes
OphthalmologyExpert in:
- Cataract surgery
- Glaucoma surgery
- Glaucoma surgery
- Congenital glaucoma
- Congenital glaucoma
- Cataracts
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Mr Vaughan Tanner
OphthalmologyExpert in:
- Cataract surgery
- Epiretinal membrane
- Macular hole
- Macular degeneration (AMD)
- Eye floaters
- Vitrectomy
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Mr Satish Kotta
OphthalmologyExpert in:
- Cataract surgery
- Glaucoma
- Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS)
- Retina
- Strabismus (squint)
- Eyelid malpositions
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Mr Colin Vize
OphthalmologyExpert in:
- Oculoplastics
- Cataract surgery
- Watery eyes
- YAG laser capsulotomy
- Eyelid malpositions
- Eyelid lump
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Mr George Voyatzis
OphthalmologyExpert in:
- Cataract surgery
- ICL implants
- Refractive lens exchange
- Lens replacement (intraocular lenses)
- Dry eye
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