Mission Hill, South Dakota - Demographics. 1  As of the census [3] of 2010, there were 177 people, 69 households, and 51 families residing in the town.
A: Tremendously. In the early days of cataract surgery, the only thing that surgeons could do was remove the cloudy lens. Without a lens inside their eye, patients had to wear very thick âCoke bottleâ glasses to see.The most important change has been the development and improvement of artificial replacement lenses.: Tremendously. In the early days of cataract surgery, the only thing that surgeons could do was remove the cloudy lens. Without a lens inside their eye, patients had to wear very thick âCoke bottleâ glasses to see.
Cataract surgery is usually performed under local anaesthetic. Your surgeon will make a tiny incision (cut) in your cornea (the outer layer of your eye). Using a tiny probe that emits ultrasound waves, the surgeon will break up the cataract and remove the pieces from your eye. This is called phacoemulsification.