Welcome to The Cataract Center on the Maine Eye Center Website.
Dedicated to the best in cataract surgery with premium lens implants

Having cataract surgery in Maine?

If you live in Maine and think you might be in the early stages of developing cataracts we hope that our website will provide you with some basic educational information before your visit. Millions of Americans have cataract surgery every year. It is the single most reimbursed medical procedure in existence. It is the most common surgery for Americans over the age of 65. 95% of people 85 years old have cataracts. Almost 50% of people 65 have a developing cataract. We do understand that having cataract surgery can be often times quite scary. It is eye surgery and needs to be handled by the best professional surgeons available. The people of Maine can rest assured that they are in the hands of the safest and most advanced cataract surgeons in the state of Maine. Please feel free to visit our doctor pages to get a better idea of education and experience that our ophthalmologists bring to Maine.

Cataract Center Site Map

• Cataracts: Definition
• Cataract Surgery
• Premium Lens Implants

Could you have cataracts?

Our eyes works much like a photographic camera. A clear lens is necessary in order for images to focus clearly. At birth, our lenses are clear. When a cataract forms your natural lens can becomes “cloudy” or “dark yellow” over time, eventually degrading the quality of our vision. While the development of cataracts can often be a natural result of the aging process, surgeons have been correcting distance vision for decades by replacing natural lenses with clear replacement lenses.

Main Causes:

• AGING – When our vision starts to require glasses for reading the cataract process is beginning but takes 20 plus years to form.
• FROM BIRTH – This can be genetic or from infections while in the womb
• TRAUMATIC – severe injuries to the eye can cause a cataract to form
• OXIDATION STRESSES – UV radiation,” therapeutic” radiation, medication, and toxic chemicals Lifestyle again is preventive.

Cataract Surgery is typically performed when your visual disturbance is negatively impacting activities like driving, participating in sports or watching television. Up until recently most lenses implanted after the removal of the cataract were monofocal lens implants that provided decent distance vision but patients still needed glasses to see up close or to read. Now with advancements in lens technology patients can see at near, far or intermediate distance after cataract surgery.