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Incisions to remove cataract
Albrecaht Vaughn Graefe (1828-1870) Found a way to remove a cataract with a small cut. -
Stitches in Cataract Surgery
Henery Willard Williams (1831-1895)
developed a way to stitch the eye closed and was the first to use anesthesia. -
Erysophake
Ignacio Barraquer developed the Erysophake device.
(Would suction out the Ctaracts.) -
First intraocular Lens implant
Sir Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley (1906-2001) Conducted the first intraocular Lens implant.
(A plastic artificial lens.) -
Enzymatic Zonulolysis
Joaquin Barraquer Developed the Enzymatic Zonulolysis and was awardwd a commemorative medal for it.
(A procedure to remove Cataracts with Enzymes.) -
Cryoextraction of cataracts
tadeusz krwawicz (1910-1990) developed Cryoextraction of cataracts.
(the removal of a cataract adhesion of a freezing probe to the lense to remove the cataract.) -
Phakoemulsification
Charles Kelman M.D. (1930-2004) developed a way to detect Cataracts.
( A operation where the diseased lens is reduced to a liquid and drained out of the eye with ultrasonic vibrations.)