No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) still remains a frequent postoperative consequence of an uneventful uncomplicated ...

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD A cataract is a cloudiness that forms on the eye's natural lens, causing blurry ...

To treat this posterior capsule opacification, doctors use a type of laser called a Yag laser to make a hole in the back of the capsule to clear away the cloudiness so that light may pass freely ...

What I didn’t realize until after the procedure was how much clarity I had lost. Less than 24 hours later, the world looks brighter than ever.

This involves removing the opacified lens, leaving the capsule that contains it intact ... Results from recent demonstrated a dose dependent increased risk of posterior lens opacification for ...