Cataract: Advances in surgery and whether surgery remains the only treatment in future

Cataract is the world's leading eye disease that causes blindness. The prevalence of cataract aged 40 years and older is approximately 11.8%–18.8%. Currently, surgery is the only way to treat cataracts. From early intracapsular cataract extraction to extracapsular cataract extraction, to current phacoemulsification cataract surgery, the incision ranges from 12 to 3 ​mm, and sometimes to even 1.8 ​mm or less, and the revolution in cataract...