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Clouded sight, the half-hour operation that clears it, and what the weeks around cataract surgery are really like.
Cataract surgery, from the first blur to reading the clock again.

Cataract and Cataract Surgery Resources

When you want to read further, go to the organisations that set the standards and publish the evidence. The sources below are independent, evidence-based, and free of any sales motive: not one of them is a clinic or a seller.

Understanding cataracts and the operation

  • Royal College of Ophthalmologists, professional standards and patient information on cataract and lens surgery (UK).
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology, plain patient guidance on cataracts, intraocular lenses, and what surgery does.
  • World Health Organization, on cataract as a leading cause of reversible sight loss worldwide.

Guidance and national health services

  • NICE, guideline NG77 on managing cataracts in adults, including when surgery is offered (UK).
  • NHS, a clear overview of cataract surgery, the day itself, and recovery (UK).

Checking a surgeon and the underlying evidence

  • General Medical Council (GMC), the UK register to confirm a doctor’s registration and specialism.
  • Peer-reviewed ophthalmology journals (such as the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery) and national cataract audits, for the outcome, complication, and secondary-cataract figures behind the guidance.

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