Definition of disease:
In patients who have severe hyperopia or myopia or whose cornea is not thick enough to be corrected with laser, the refractive error can be corrected by implanting a special intraocular lens inside the eye without removing the natural lens of the eye. With this procedure, since the natural lens of the eye remains intact, the accommodative power of the eye is maintained and people who have not reached the age of presbyopia will have good near vision in addition to good distance vision. In this procedure, a delicate lens is implanted in front of the natural lens of the eye through a very small incision in the cornea to correct myopia or hyperopia.
Cataracts usually appear in middle age (45 years and older), although it is not possible to accurately state the age at which cataracts develop.
