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Spring 2014 • Kentucky
New Focus
Two insights for improving cataract treatment came
from unexpected sources.
In 1967 American ophthalmologist Dr. Charles D. Kelman developed phacoemulsification for cataract removal. It makes possible
a smaller incision and is now the most common technique of
cataract extraction used in developed countries. Folded IOLs are
routinely installed through the smaller incision. Once inside the
eye, they are unfolded and attached to the surviving capsule tissue
with tiny spring-like hooks called haptics.
The treatment trail now includes Lexington where ophthalmologist Dr. Lance S. Ferguson, M.D. of Commonwealth Eyes and current president of the American College of Eye Surgeons, is the first
in central Kentucky to use a laser in cataract removal.
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