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Cataract refers to the natural lens of your
eye when it turns cloudy usually due to age. During
cataract surgery, this cloudy lens is removed
and a new clear synthetic lens is implanted in
its place. A capsule, or clear bag, surrounds
the cataract. The capsule is left in place intentionally
for several reasons, one of which is to hold the
new synthetic lens.
In up to 20% of cataract surgery cases, the clear
bag containing the new synthetic lens starts to
become cloudy sometime after cataract surgery.
Vision starts to become blurred again, much like
a "secondary cataract" is forming. But the cataract
is not coming back; they never do. The reason
for the blurry vision is that the capsule is simply
becoming cloudy. When this happens, it can be
very easily treated in a short 5 minute laser
procedure called a YAG Posterior Laser Capsulotomy.
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Cataract
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Cataract Surgery
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Laser Capsulotomy
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