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.