A cataract is an opacification of the crystalline lens of the eye that scatters and obstructs light on its way to the retina, producing progressive blurring, glare, and reduced contrast and color perception. The lens loses transparency as its structural proteins, the crystallins, undergo aggregation and oxidative an…
A cataract is an opacification of the crystalline lens of the eye that scatters and obstructs light on its way to the retina, producing progressive blurring, glare, and reduced contrast and color perception. The lens loses transparency as its structural proteins, the crystallins, undergo aggregation and oxidative and post-translational modification, often with disturbance of lens calcium and other homeostatic mechanisms; aging is the predominant driver, with additional contributions from trauma, radiation, metabolic disease, and inflammation. Cataract is a leading cause of reversible visual impairment worldwide, and definitive treatment is surgical removal of the opacified lens with intraocular lens implantation, increasingly assisted by femtosecond-laser technology and adapted to challenges such as absent capsular support and coexisting astigmatism. Research relevant to this topic, situated in ophthalmology, includes the value and limitations of femtosecond-laser cataract surgery, resveratrol's prevention of cataract formation through modulation of lens calcium and inflammatory mediators, lens-fragmentation patterns and tissue trauma, incisional strategies to correct pre-existing astigmatism, vision-screening validity, the effect of visual impairment on quality of life, and intraocular lens design. Methods include clinical and surgical studies, laboratory investigation, and case reports. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on cataract pathogenesis, surgery, and visual outcomes.
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