The lenses of your eyes work much like the lens of a camera, helping bring objects into sharp focus.

A cataract is the loss of transparency in the lens of the eye when the lens material yellows and becomes opaque. The condition typically develops very slowly and without pain. The result is a gradual loss of brightness, with changes in color perception so slight that it often goes unnoticed until the condition is very advanced.

What can be done about cataracts?
Medication cannot ease or stop the effects of cataracts; the condition must be surgically corrected.

Cataract removal is an elective surgical procedure. If you have cataracts and they are affecting your ability to function normally-such as restricting your reading, TV watching, driving or other activity-treatment remains your choice.

The procedure is routine and involves having the clouded lens replaced with an artificial implant. If both eyes have cataracts, separate surgeries are involved. Nearly one-and-a-half-million people have their cataracts removed each year with few, if any, complications. Many patients can often see well enough within just a few days of their surgery to resume their normal routines.

The Board-certified doctors and staff of Medical Eye Center comprise one of the most experienced and capable cataract surgery teams in the world. Over the years, their work has contributed significantly to the specialized state of knowledge about what has become among the world's most commonly and successfully performed medical procedures.

Medical Eye Center is Oregon's first and only eye surgery center accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

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