title: Ask the doctor.  I think I may have cataracts.  I heard somewhere that they need to be ripe before I get surgery.  Is that true?
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Heier
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors