Cataracts: A Literary Review And Summary.

The purpose of this paper is to re-familiarize the practitioner with lenticular anatomy and physiology and with the various types of cataracts which may be seen in a practice. This review is not intended to bore the reader with pages of facts but rather to make the practitioner more aware of the numerous cataract types and their probable progression, inabling him to better manage these anomolies in his office. Only by fully understanding and
grading cataractous changes can the practitioner competently state that a functional visual loss is due to these lenticular changes and not a macular or optic nerve involvement or
some combination of the three.