View More The lens of our eye refracts light rays that come into the eye by which we can see. If you there is cataract , then the lens become cloudy and the vision will be blurry, hazy or less colorful. To remove and replace the lens with an artificial one i.e. intraocular lens (IOL) , the cataract surgery is performed. But the lens may be become cloudy again after the surgery. This is known as posterior capsular opacification (PCO) . It's also called scar tissue or secondary cataract. According to JOEL HUNTER, MD in his article ‘On Wisdom and Cataracts’ – “The way the lens inside the eye is designed, continues to grow with age, and since it’s in a closed capsule the new layers that are forming in the lens each year compress the older ones deeper down. This is the reason that no person has an eye that can see both distance and near after a certain age (usually between 42 and 48). And it is also the reason that the lens develops a yellow tint to it in the 40s t...
Theme:The Science of Eye
Date: October 18-19, 2018
Conference Venue: Helsinki, Finland
Accredition: CME
In Collaboration with: European VitreoRetinal Society, Canadian Ophthalmological Society, Academia Ophthalmologica Belgica, America Health Innovations, Slovak Ophthalmological Society and Dutch Ophthalmic Society