Cataract surgery is one of the commonest ophthalmic surgery performed by all ophthalmologists all around the world. Let us see what was done in the past era of 60 to 70 years back time of Sushruta and ibn-e-sina ancient times. Surgeons in India at the very old times cataract was managed by a method of couchining the people who did it were called couchers the key was a sort of needle was pushed at the limbus to dislocate the cataractous lens. So for some time, the pupillary area would become clear and patient was able to see for some time, before the patient would lead to complications.
Then came in the 60sixtees method of cataract extraction by making cornea scleral section bu von grafes cataract knife and the removal of the cataractous lens. It was done by arugas forceps both intracapsular or extraocular extraction of lens in young by alphachymotrpsin enzyme. Since in young the zonules…
