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Cataract surgery is a procedure to remove the lens of the eye and, in most cases, replace it with an artificial lens. A cataract causes the lens to become cloudy when it is typically clear. Cataracts can eventually affect vision.Using an ultrasound probe to break up the lens for removal, called phacoemulsification. During phacoemulsification (fak-o-e-mul-sih-fih-KAY-shun), your surgeon makes a tiny incision in the front of your eye, called the cornea. A needle-thin probe is then inserted into the lens where the cataract has formed. Your surgeon then uses the probe, which transmits ultrasound waves, to break up the cataract and suction out the fragments. The very back of your lens, called the lens capsule, is left intact to put the artificial lens in.

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