Modern cataract surgery is a safe, effective procedure, but it wasn't always this way. The earliest record dates back to the fifth century BC.

In 1753, Samuel Sharp was among the first to successfully perform intracapsular cataract extraction (ICCE) through limbal incision using pressure from his thumb. Lens expression technique was ...

attributable in part to the use of intracapsular cataract extraction without provision of aphakic spectacles, or significant posterior capsular opacification after conventional extracapsular ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. In 1753, Samuel Sharp, a London eye surgeon, performed the first documented intracapsular cataract extraction. In this procedure, the entire cataract ...