Cataract Surgery

By colberg3232
  • Verification that cataract occurs in the lens

    Verification that cataract occurs in the lens

    Pierre Brisseau (1631-1717) reported that cataract occurs definitively in the lens - something that had been heretofore in dispute.
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    Cataract Surgery

  • Idea of cataract removal

    Idea of cataract removal

    Antoine Maitre-Jean (1650-1725) reported that it was possible for an animal to see without its lens - hence popularizing the notion of removal of cataracts.
  • Extracapsular extraction of cataracts

    Extracapsular extraction of cataracts

    Jacques Daviel (1696-1762) was the first to perform extracapsular extraction of cataracts.
  • Intracapsular extraction of cataracts

    Intracapsular extraction of cataracts

    George Joseph Beer (1763-1821) introduced intracapsular extraction of cataracts.
  • Incision to remove cataract

    Incision to remove cataract

    Albrecht von Graefe (1828-1870) introduced a small incision for removal of cataract.
  • Sutures in cataract surgery

    Sutures in cataract surgery

    Henry Willard Williams (1831-1895) introduced sutures to cataract surgery, also first to use ether anesthesia.
  • Erysophake

    Erysophake

    Ignacio Barraquer introduced the erysophake, an instrument that would suction out cataracts.
  • First intraocular lens implant

    First intraocular lens implant

    Sir Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley (1906-2001) performed the first intraocular lens implant (IOL).
  • Enzymatic zonulolysis

    Enzymatic zonulolysis

    Joaquin Barraquer introduced enzymatic zonulolysis.
  • Cryoextraction of cataracts

    Cryoextraction of cataracts

    Tadeusz Krwawicz (1910-1990) introduced cryoextraction of cataracts.
  • Phakoemulsification

    Phakoemulsification

    Charles Kelman, MD (1930-2004) introduced ultrasound or phakoemulsification for cataracts.