Cataract (Multifocal Lens) Surgery in Chennai

Research shows that cataract affects 95% of people who have crossed the age of sixty. Cataract can be divided into different types. Nuclear cataract and congenital cataract are two of the common types of cataracts.

• Nuclear cataract: Nuclear cataract changes color of iris to yellow. This is not to be confused with jaundice where skin and eye color may change to yellow. Apart from color change, clouding of eye lens takes place in its middle portion. It is one of the most common type of cataract that affects senior citizens.
• Congenital cataract: Congenital cataract affects mostly babies. This type of cataract is either present at the time of birth or may develop in the baby's first year. Nutritional deficiency can be one of the probable reason for congenital cataract.

Symptoms of cataract are :

• Blurred vision
• Sensitivity to light
• Faded vision
• Night vision problem
• Double vision in affected eye

Multifocal cataract surgery can be considered as complex type of surgery. In this procedure, affected eye lens is substituted by intraocular multifocal lens (synthetic/artificial multifocal lens). One of the biggest advantage of multifocal lens implant is that patient does not have to depend on spectacles to view nearby objects. Multifocal lens have the ability to enable the patient view nearby, distant and intermediate objects clearly sans spectacles.