Some of the cataract patients in the outpatient clinic have vision lower than 0.3, or in some cases lower than 0.1, but they think they can still see and the cataract is not ripe yet, so they do not want to have surgery because they think that if they can see something, it proves that the cataract is not ripe yet and they must wait until they cannot see anything to have surgery. Of course, these patients are mostly those who do not have high requirements for vision.
The most popular procedure is cataract ultrasonic extraction combined with IOL implantation. The advantages of this procedure are small incision, no sutures and fast recovery of vision after surgery, but the disadvantage is that it is not suitable for cataracts that are too mature, i.e. too hard.
We suggest that cataracts should not be operated until they are ripe, which is unfavorable to the surgeon’s operation on the one hand and has a great impact on the evaluation and recovery of the patient’s vision after surgery on the other. Therefore, as long as cataract patients feel that their vision is affecting their work and life, they can consider surgery even if their vision is good, such as 0.5. The improvement of vision after surgery will obviously improve your quality of life!