{"id":18201,"date":"2021-02-26T09:49:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T08:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ophtalmo-bw.be\/?page_id=18201"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:44:03","slug":"cataracte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ophtalmo-bw.be\/en\/cataracte\/","title":{"rendered":"Cataract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cataracts<\/strong> correspond to the opacification of the crystalline lens (a normally translucent, high-power lens located inside the eye). Every year, 570,000 people are operated on in France. Surgery is the only way to improve vision altered by cataract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are no alternatives to cataract surgery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because neither eye drops nor lasers can cure an established cataract. In very advanced cases, cataract<\/strong> can cause blindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worldwide, it is the leading cause of blindness<\/strong> due to the impossibility of large-scale treatment in third world countries. Tens of millions of people are waiting to be operated on, but unfortunately, due to a lack of human and financial resources, many of them will no longer be able to see because of their cataracts. For this reason, many humanitarian trips are organised, particularly to Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intervention is defined when the opacification of the lens<\/strong> is sufficiently significant, vision deteriorates slowly, often in distance vision with sometimes paradoxically a transient improvement in near vision without glasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The degree of discomfort is not the same for everyone. The decision to undergo an operation is therefore the result of a joint agreement between the ophthalmologist and the patient. Without surgery, the cataract will become denser and vision worse, and this may eventually affect fundus examination. Long-term cataract surgery has a current success rate of over 99.5%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The surgery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Les insides d’une op\u00e9ration de cataracte, depuis le bloc ! #chirurgier\u00e9fractive<\/a> #ophtalmologie<\/a> #cataracte<\/a><\/p> \u266c son original – Centre Vision Laser<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote>