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Many people are still not sure what a cataract is and what their options are when cataracts obscure their vision.

Cataract surgery continues to evolve at a rapid rate.   With the advancement of new technologies patients find it easier to undergo and recover from this procedure.

With the ever changing techniques and innovations associated with cataract surgery there has been large patient interest in this field.  For this reason we will be offering a cataract seminar at North Shore Eye Care.  Realizing the early time of day coffee and refreshments will be available for all those who didn't get a chance to have breakfast. 

 With the first baby boomers turning 65 this past January Doctors are finding that patients are developing increasing expectations with regards to their cataract surgery.  Once an operation intended to soley restore vision more and more people are looking to achieve spectacle independence.

Cataracts which represent a clouding of the natural lens of the usually due to increasing age must be removed in order to restore vision.  While this was once considered a restorative procedure enabling patients to see again, it is now evolving into a refractive procedure as more and more patients want to see better while at the same time achieving some degree of spectacle independence.

 The fascinating subject of cataract surgery which has become more complex, yet safer with quicker rehabilitation times will be discussed Monday morning at 8 A.M.