Cataract treatment in the beginning of the 21t century

Purpoe To decribe the principle upon which preent day cataract treatment ucce reide. Deign Literature review and collective experience of the author. Reult urgical removal remain the tandard treatment for cataract now and in the foreeeable future. Ultraound cataract removal with a foldable “in-the-bag” intraocular len with a truncated edge treated for dyphotopia bet correlate with core treatment principle, a we now undertand them. Improving refractive reult i an important trend. The worldwide burden of thi problem i immene. Concluion While reult for treatment of cataract are excellent today, improvement in afety and refraction preciion are needed. Other approache are deperately needed to tem the worldwide tide of cataract related ocular dyfunction