Guidelines for Cataract Surgery ­Phacoemulsification

Al Nahdha Hospital

Acronyms:

IOL

Intra Ocular Lens

1 - Introduction

Cataract surgery is the treatment of visually significant cataract, which is the commonest cause of treatable blindness and visual impairment. Surgery is done by any of the following techniques:

  • 1.1 Phacoemulsification.

  • 1.2 Conventional extracapsular cataract extraction.

  • 1.3 Manual small incision cataract surgery.

  • 1.4 Lensectomy.

  • 1.5 lntracapsular cataract extraction.