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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
August 21, 2023	Good article nominee	Listed
February 10, 2024	Peer review	Reviewed
March 17, 2024	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on October 3, 2023. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that indirect evidence suggests that cataract surgery* could have been performed as early as in ancient Egypt?*
Current status: Former featured article candidate, current good article

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Section sizes

Section size for Cataract surgery (37 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	3,568	3,568
Uses	2,262	2,262
Techniques	5,960	5,960
Pre-operative evaluation	2,633	11,514
Contraindications	1,086	1,086
Selection of intraocular lenses	7,795	7,795
Operation procedures	26	15,259
Preparation	1,153	1,153
Anaesthesia	1,348	1,348
Phacoemulsification	5,722	5,722
Manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS)	3,733	3,733
Extracapsular cataract extraction	777	777
Converting to ECCE to manage a contingency	1,139	1,139
Closing the wound	1,361	1,361
Post-operative care	445	445
Complications	18	13,878
During surgery	3,297	3,297
After surgery	9,498	9,498
Risk	1,065	1,065
Recovery and rehabilitation	3,542	3,542
Outcomes	3,427	3,427
History	6,134	6,134
Accessibility	1,225	7,379
Europe	543	543
Asia	1,448	1,448
Africa	2,110	2,110
Latin America	2,053	2,053
Social, economic and environmental relevance	4,505	4,505
Special populations	25	2,690
Congenital cataracts	1,725	1,725
Higher risk for operations on separate occasions	940	940
Other animals	545	545
See also	644	644
Notes	2,798	2,798
References	67,638	67,638
Further reading	1,623	1,623
External links	395	395
Total	154,206	154,206

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