Cataract surgery will be needed in space, surgeon predicts
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A trip to Mars could take months. So what happens if an astronaut has a serious eye problem halfway through? A team of researchers in the United States sent artificial lenses used in cataract surgery outside the International Space Station to find out if the implants needed for future surgeries could survive the journey to places like Mars. The researchers behind the study believe that someone will need cataract surgery on Mars in their lifetime.
Research team sent 135 unpacked art lenses to the ISS. They remained there in low erdorbite for about six months and then returned for analysis.
Cataract surgery on Mars? Scientists test eye implants in space
The research team sent 135 unpackaged artificial lenses to the International Space Station, where they spent around six months exposed to conditions in low-Earth orbit before returning to Earth for analysis.
Cataract surgery will be needed in space, surgeon predicts
An eye surgeon with a passion for space since childhood predicts that as astronauts start to make journeys to the moon and Mars in the near future, eye surgery in space will eventually become a necessity.
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