Prevention of diseases

Children diseases

Adult diseases
  Refractive anomalies
  Glaucoma   Macular degeneration
  Cataract
      What?
      Causes?
      Symptoms
      Diagnosis
      Treatment
      Surgery
      Surgical         techniques
      Video film
      Future

  Diabetes
  Low Vision
  Dry eyes
  Recommendations

   
 

Diagnosis

Cataract is diagnosed after an examination with a slit-lamp or biomicroscope, which is usually done after application of eye drops to obtain dilatation of the pupil.

This thorough or "super eye-examination" usually takes one hour, but it enables the surgeon to decide on the indication of cataract surgery.
The treatment can be agreed on immediately afterwards.

 
     
 



The Iol Master from Zeiss uses laser interferometry to measure up to 2:/1000e mm.= 2 Mikron- the eyelenght. This data is used to calculate the dioptry of the implant lens.