Cataract treatment is an exclusively surgical procedure. In recent years, tremendous progress has been made not only in implants, but also in very short, outpatient surgical procedures.
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Health Mag – France 5
After her first successful operation, Brigitte, 74, is back again for an operation Cataracts. This time for his right eye. Before the operation, drops are deposited to dilate the pupil. On a daily basis, Brigitte is bothered by one symptom in particular.
“I realized while driving on a country road at dusk in winter, that I was dazzled just like a hare in the headlights. I couldn’t move on. It’s very upsetting to me and others, because a car accident happened so quickly.”Brigitte Verezin explains.
Cataract: operation under local anesthesia
The intervention is done in a simple framework Local anesthesia.
“We install a small retractor that helps keep the eyelids and avoid blinking. The cataract is the orange-yellow part that you usually see, it’s completely transparent. When the cataract appears, it settles, the lens yellows little by little and sometimes becomes very intense. Dense, very yellow, very orange. This is what determines the appearance as the cataract develops.”explains Dr. Babak Mashhour, ophthalmological surgeon at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris.
To intervene, the surgeon needs a microscope. It begins by making small incisions in the eye to gain access to the lens.
Replace the lens with an implant
Opening the lens is always a sensitive part of the surgery, as it is a very fragile tissue.
Using an ultrasound probe, the surgeon cuts and suctions out parts of the lens.
“We are in the process of removing the nucleus of the lens. We cut the nucleus in two. We are removing the different parts of the nucleus that we separated from to facilitate the surgery.”Dr.’s comments. Your door is famous.
Once the lens is completely removed, the implant can be fitted. Little by little, it unfolds and takes its place and shape.
Eye surgery in 10 minutes
The intervention, painless, lasted barely ten minutes. This implant will also correct Brigitte’s vision, which is farsighted And astigmatism.
“I think it will bring me great benefit. And above all, it will make me feel safe, because I was a little worried about everything that could happen to me because of this cataract. It is a formality, but rather than bothering your life for having vision problems, and to my embarrassment, you should not hesitate”Brigitte Verezin trusts.
After spending only 3 hours in the hospital, Brigitte is able to go home. On that day, the surgeon operated on dozens of other patients.
