1.When Do You Need Surgery?
In most cases, the main question is whether the condition affects your day-to-day life. Can you work and drive safely? Do you have problems reading, using your phone, or watching TV? If the answer to these is yes, your doctor probably will recommend cataract surgery to correct it. If you need it in both eyes, you’ll typically wait for the first operation to heal before having the second.
2.Type of Surgery: Small Incision (Phacoemulsification)
During cataract surgery, a surgeon removes the lens of your eye and puts in an artificial one. There are two ways to do that. With phacoemulsification (or «phaco»), the surgeon cuts a small opening in the clear covering over your eye (the cornea), and a tool sends sound waves that break up the clouded lens into smaller pieces. A tiny vacuum then sucks up the pieces, and the new lens goes in. The cut is so small that it usually heals without stitches.
