Surgery of cataracts

Definition: Is a procedure to withdraw the crystalline one of the eye that has returned opaque (cataract) in order to improve the vision. This procedure almost always includes the replacement of the crystalline one of the eye with a crystalline artificial one.

Alternative names: Extraction of cataracts Description: The crystalline normal one of the eye is transparent (does not have color neither shadow) and focuses the light on the internal surface of the eye (retina) to create an image. To the extent that develops the cataract, the lens is returned more opaque and blocks the normal route through which the light enters to the eye, overshadowing thus the vision. The purpose of the surgery of cataracts is the extraction of the crystalline opaque one and its replacement for one artificial for reestablecer the clear vision. This surgery is practiced in people that are not satisfied with their level of current vision or whose cataracts disturb their life. The cataracts are more common in the elders, nevertheless, the children can be born with crystalline opaque (congenital cataracts) due to infections acquired before the birth. The surgery generally is recommended the people that have loss of the vision or anomalies of the vision caused by cataracts.