Cataract

Seeing with and without cataract

Cataract is the crystalline lens clouding over with age: vision becomes veiled, yellows and loses its contrasts. The operation replaces it with a clear implant. Slide to compare:

With cataractAfter the operation

Slide the handle to compare the two views.

Educational diagram — Dr Moïse Tourabaly, ophthalmologist. For information only, does not replace an examination.