well my mum had cataract eye surgery today and instead of replacing her lens with a new one they just took it out without putting one back in. The doctor said that her eye or lens was long and big from her birth so that meant she doesnt need a lens to focus the light. Me and my mum are still puzzling on how the eye can work without the lens. Does anyone know about this? thanks allot.
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The lens of the eye has a great deal of power. When the doctor removes the lens during cataract surgery he must replace the amount of power provided by the lens with an implanted lens. BUT, if your mother had to wear quite powerful eyeglasses before cataract surgery the doctor has to take the power of the eyeglasses into consideration also. Rarely, but it does happen, the amount of power in the eyeglasses is very close to the amount of power the eye loses when the surgeon removes the patient's lens. Therefore, when the cataractous lens is removed it basically cancels out the amount of power the eyeglasses had. In these situations it would not be necessary to place an implant lens in the eye. Hope this helped.
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