Sentence examples for clouded lens from inspiring English sources

Molyneux's suggestion waited until the 20th century to be taken seriously, after surgical methods had been found to restore the sight of people born blind because of cataract (clouded lens within the eye).

Removing and replacing the clouded lens is the only effective cure for a cataract.

Surgical removal of the clouded lens is the only effective cure for cataract.

The operation to replace a clouded lens is low-risk, fast, and effective, but requires some decision making.

Instead of breaking up the clouded lens, the clinician removes most of it in one piece through a larger incision (approximately 3/8 inch) under the upper eyelid.

The clouded lens that is removed is replaced with an individually fitted artificial lens that can result in near-perfect visual acuity — the ability to see distance.

The clouded lenses in my eyes had been replaced by plastic.

Researchers in Sweden studied patients who had cataract surgery to remove their clouded lenses and implant clear intraocular lenses.

The World Bank further strengthens the case for economic intervention, describing corrective surgery for cataract, a simple 20-minute operation that restores sight by removing the clouded lenses and replacing them with clear plastic ones, as "one of the most cost-effective surgical interventions".

In fact, according to observational studies, cataract surgery to replace clouded lenses with artificial intraocular lenses (IOLs), which increase light transmission, may improve not only visual acuity and quality of life 23 but also sleep quality, 24 27 depressive moods 28 31 and life expectancy.

However, when the researchers looked closer, they found clumps of DNA in the animals' lens cells that clouded their lenses.