What is phaco cataract?
Phacoemulsification, or phaco. Your doctor inserts a tiny probe into the eye. This device emits ultrasound waves that soften and break up the lens so that it can be removed by suction. Most cataract surgery today is done by phacoemulsification, also called “small incision cataract surgery.”
What is a Hypermature cataract?
A hypermature cataract becomes white when degenerating cortex reaches a hyperosmotic state inside the capsule and draws in fluid. This process leaves a very tense capsule and a heavy nucleus that often sinks in the gelatinous and fluid cortex (Morgagnian cataract).
Can hypermature cataract removed?
The surgical removal of a hypermature cataract can significantly improve the patient’s visual outcome, but creating a continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis in order to perform a phacoemulsification is more challenging. These eyes, if left untreated, could develop phacolytic glaucoma.
What are the complications of hypermature cataract?
Complications of hypermature cataract: spontaneous absorption of lens material and phacolytic glaucoma-associated retinal perivasculitis.
What is a Grade 3 cataract?
A 3+ cataract. This cataract is so dense that the cortex has liquefied, allowing the nucleus to sink to the bottom of the lens capsule.
Are there different types of cataracts?
Types of Cataracts. A cataract is a clouding of the lens of the eye that impairs vision. There are four types of cataract: Nuclear Sclerotic, Cortical, Posterior Subcapsular and Congenital. The types of cataracts are classified based on where and how they develop in the eye.
How many types of cataracts are there?
There are many kinds of cataracts. The most common three types are nuclear sclerotic, cortical, and posterior subcapsular. It is uncommon but not rare for a particular individual to have all three kinds of cataracts in the same eye at the same time. There are four types of cataracts.
What is the prognosis for cataracts?
The prognosis for cataracts is quite good. Cataracts are not known to cause death. They are generally easily treated via lens replacement surgery. This surgery is well tolerated and generally leads to substantial improvment in people’s lives.
What is the best cataract surgery?
There are two types of cataract surgery : phacoemulsification (or “phaco”) and extracapsular. Of the two, phaco cataract surgery is the more advanced procedure and is more popular than extracapsular cataract surgery . Phacoemulsification is the most widely used type of cataract surgery performed in the United States.