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Cataract in Detail

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Management of Cataract

Once the ophthalmologist confirms that the loss of vision is due to cataract and not any other coexisting problem in the eye, the patient is taken for surgery.

Cataract surgery and its evolution

There has been a tremendous and a very significant achievements in improvising the surgical technique for cataract surgery, from the very ancient technique like "couching" to the very modern technique of phacoemulsifcation".


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Posted by:  ishaj(Guest)  Posted on: 08/02/2009
am a student nurse and am writin on cataract, i need some help on d literature of cataract because i dont have enough details or any of you can please help me with a proper web site



Posted by:  mihir1978  Posted on: 11/17/2008
Here is a good site for cataract info.
[url]www.geocities.com/mihir_shah_m[/url]




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