The main purpose of cataract surgery is
to remove the cloudy lens and put man
made lens in its place . This man made lens is known as intraocular lens. The
surgery is done when vision deterioration has led to the conditions where the
patient cannot function properly in the day. The aim of the surgery is to help
person to get the vision and return to normal working life.
Persons who have cataract in both the
eyes can get surgery only in one eye and second surgery can only be performed
after gaps of few weeks . The surgeon
can select one of the two main surgeries for the patient . The selection
of surgery depends on the condition of
the cataract and general health of the
patient .
In small incision surgery ,an incision
is made at the side of the eye to pass the sound waves to break the cloudy glass into smaller pieces . The
broken smaller parts are then sucked out of the eye .
In extra capsular extraction method the lens is removed in one piece and manmade
lens is inserted. In this surgery , the
lens and front portion of the lens capsule wrapping around the lens is
opened to remove lens .
After the surgery, Cataract
Surgery in Delhi the
patient has to stick to the medications prescribed by the surgeon. The patient
is prohibited from certain activities and exercises. Persons even after surgery may need reading glasses due to age factor. After
cataract surgery , the lens may get cloudy after five years . But this is a
normal problem and gets treated with laser surgery without any complication
Lasik surgery is done to cure the short
sightedness, long sightedness and
astigmatism. The use of laser is involved in all surgeries to reshape the
cornea . But in Lasik surgery , the laser cuts the flap of the cornea and also
treats the area below the cornea after keeping flap aside . The manual blade is
not used to cut the flap of cornea. The
use of Lasik laser
in Delhi laser
improves accuracy and also the rate of success involving Lasik is above 90 %..
The need for stitches is totally eliminated and recovery time also comes down .
It is also reported that after the use of Lasik, the need for glass and contact
lens comes down drastically and some patients may not need them at all . The use
of Lasik depends on the facilities available in the hospital and experience of
the surgeons .