Cataract surgery The “grey star“ is a typical illness of the age. In some cases also accompanying with certain medicine incomes (cortisone) or when we have heavy disturbances in the metabolism. The operations are accomplished depending upon expected difficulty or ambulatory or stationary. Usually the operation is accomplished in local beta exercise, more rarely in general narcosis. The desire of patient and possible companion offenses, like also the supply at home, decide on the kind of the cataract operation.

When should the grey star be operated? The operations are accomplished depending upon expected difficulty or ambulatory or stationary. Usually the operation is accomplished in local beta exercise, more rarely in general narcosis. The desire of patient and possible companion offenses, like also the supply at home, decide on the kind of the cataract operation.

You determine the time of the operation in arrangement with your optician. If you feel grown your daily seeing function, no hurry is required. To drivers naturally different yardsticks than the subjective feeling apply: “I see actually still completely good ". Just as during special vocational requirements therefore the optician will already advise his patient in these cases to the operation, if still another good ability exists for reading normally large writing.
With the today's procedures the complication rate of the star operation is very small. More than 90 % of all patients can see substantially better after the interference. But with this good result is not to be counted unfortunately, if a patient additionally to the grey star is affected by another eye disease, as for instance by a age illness of the retina center, a diabetic retina illness, a glaucoma, or a blood circulation disturbance of the chord check valve. Due to the higher life expectancy such multiple illnesses increase. Their optician helps you with your decision and says to you, the operation can bring which improvements for you.

How do intraocular lenses look?

Intraocular lenses are manufactured from plastic and are only little heavier than the liquid in the eye chambers. The liquid washes around the implanted (in the eye implanted) art lens. Their optically effective part has usually a diameter of approximately 6 mm; at its edge flexible loops are fastened, which provide for a safe seat of the lens. For the production of the lenses different materials are used. The lenses can be however also rolled in stable form, or implanted folded.