Cataracts Treatment

Question by wen: What is ECCE with IOL? what does it mean? i heard its about extraction of cataract in the eyes?

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Answer by gangadharan_nair
A cataract is a congenital or degenerative opacity of the lens. The main symptom is gradual, painless vision blurring. Diagnosis is by ophthalmoscopy and slit-lamp examination. Treatment is surgical removal and placement of an intraocular lens (IOL).
Cataract extraction is usually performed under topical or local anesthesia and IV sedation. There are 3 extraction techniques: intracapsular cataract extraction, in which the cataract is removed in one piece (rarely performed); extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE), in which the hard central nucleus is removed in one piece and then the soft cortex is removed in multiple small pieces; and phacoemulsification, in which the hard central nucleus is dissolved by ultrasound and then the soft cortex is removed in multiple small pieces. Phacoemulsification requires the smallest incision, thus enabling the fastest healing, and is usually the preferred procedure.
Please see the web pages for more details on Cataract, cataract surgery and Intraocular lens.

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Question by mohd zohair b: what are things to do and not to do after eye cataract extraction and implant of lens?

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Answer by Susan S
Those are questions to ask the eye surgeon.

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