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Everything you should know about refractive cataract surgery

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  A cataract is basically a clouding of the lens of the eye that may affect vision to a certain extent, depending on its seriousness. As it is considered to be a normal effect of aging, cataracts mainly affect older adults, although a family hereditary might put younger people at stake also. Your lifestyle frequently changes drastically if you start developing cataracts. Refractive cataract surgery Cataract surgery is here for quite some time now, and some things haven’t changed like the facts and there is no way of removing cataract from the lens without removing the lens itself. Therefore, during any surgery for cataracts, the natural lens of the patient will be replaced with a new clear lens. The refractive version of this surgery is meant to eradicate the cataract while also enhancing the overall vision of the patient. Selecting IOLs There are various versions of IOL available for the patients these days: ·       Technologies like ReSTOR, comes with concentric rings for