Three main types of lens opacity in age-related cataract are known: nuclear, cortical and posterior subcapsular cataract. Nuclear cataract is more commonly found in the elderly population and ...

Which part of the eye does cataract affect? There are three predominant forms of cataract depending on their anatomical location in the eye lens: cortical, nuclear and posterior sub-capsular (PSC). As ...

While there were whitish streaks of cortical opacity in the cataract, the nucleus was brunescent ... ultrasound was used to image the posterior segment and measure the axial length.

Thick cortical adhesions often prevent the ... manual small-incision cataract surgery or extracapsular cataract extraction. Posterior-assisted levitation may be needed if the nucleus lies in ...