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Surgery for cataracts?

Author:      don meissner
Text:        Is there any other treatment for cataracts of the eye lens 
besides taking the lens out surgically?  I thought I had heard about some 
chemical intervention that dissolved the opacity.

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Author:      psych
Text:        I think I have heard of that too but I am not sure of how well it 
works and technically it would still be considered a surgical procedure since 
I think a needle is still required to inject the chemical into the lens.

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