Cataract Surgery

Cataract surgery is an operation used to treat cataracts that are affecting your daily life.

More than 300,000 procedures are carried out each year in the UK, making it the most common operation of any speciality performed in the country.

Cataracts can usually be treated with a routine day case operation where the cloudy lens is removed and is replaced with a PREMIUM artificial plastic lens. Lens surgery is a very established procedure and was first performed in 1950.

Since then the operation has consistently evolved; current techniques using ultrasound and a keyhole approach have demonstrated an excellent safety track record.

Cataract surgery takes 10-15 minutes to complete and costs around £3000-£4000 per eye.

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