Only severe cases can be treated at this time. If you think that you may want to consider this you may discuss this with the doctor at the clinic. If you have a cataract in both eyes you can have them removed at the same time. If you would like to have this done you can talk to the nurse and doctor when you come to the assessment clinic. Having both operations at the same time is a very effective way of quickening the recovery to full vision but some patients have found it tiring looking after two operated eyes at once.
Most patients have only one eye operated upon at a time.
Once a cataract has been removed it cannot recur. However, the fine membrane on which the implant rests can sometimes become cloudy and cause the vision to deteriorate again. When this happens we can remove the cloudiness with a laser. This is done in the outpatients department, is painless and takes about 2 minutes. It is this laser that some patients think can remove a whole cataract.