In trained hand it is safer because of reduced risk of injury & infection to eye.
No. this surgery is best performed in early stages of cataract and there is no need for the cataract to get matured. Hence the patient need not wait till a near stage of blindness. Also harder the cataract, the harder it is for the surgeon to remove it.
Since this surgery involves very few loss of working days and early resumption of routine activities, this surgery proves to be cheaper.
Yes, this can be performed without any difficulty or any effect on the previously operated eye..
Yes, it is a surgery of choice for them.
No, there are few exceptions specially if the cataract is very mature and hard.
Usually the Spectacles are required for near vision and occasionally for distance vision.
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