Cataract Surgery
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The Most Advanced Options for Your Cataract Surgery
In addition to removing your eye’s cloudy natural lens (cataract), modern cataract surgery can also reduce your dependence on glasses or contact lenses. At The Eye Center, we specialize in helping you choose the best surgical options to maximize your visual outcome. We are proud to offer specialized intraocular lenses (IOLs) designed to fit your lifestyle and vision goals perfectly.
Cataract Symptoms
Now Offering: The Light Adjustable Lens
We’re excited to provide the latest advancement in refractive cataract surgery—the Light Adjustable Lens (LAL). This innovative lens allows your vision to be fine-tuned after surgery using a specialized UV light treatment. The result? Personalized correction and LASIK-like visual outcomes without laser eye surgery.
Patients can choose from options like:
- Distance vision in both eyes
- Monovision (one eye for distance, one for near)
- Modified monovision (a blend of both)
We’ve been amazed by the results—and our patients have been, too!
Cataract Surgery and Lens Implantation
The eye is a marvelous optical instrument which takes the images from the real world and focuses them on a tiny spot in the back of the eye. The ability to focus these images comes from two parts of the eye, the lens of the eye and the front cover of the eye (cornea). The lens accounts for about one-third of the focusing power.
Patients with cataracts see the world as very hazy, because the light cannot pass freely through the lens to be focused on the back of the eye. The only way to remove a cataract is to remove the lens itself.
Surgical Considerations
Every patient who may be a candidate for cataract surgery receives a customized, comprehensive evaluation by the doctors and staff at The Eye Center prior to scheduling surgery. This includes a number of tests to determine if cataracts are significantly affecting vision quality and identify any other eye conditions that may impact surgical results. A thorough discussion about the patient’s visual goals and expected outcome is completed during the evaluation. If both eyes require surgery, the surgeries are scheduled one eye at a time, with typically one to two weeks in between.
Most cataract surgeries are performed in the conveniently located Surgery Center, a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to ophthalmic surgery. In rare circumstances, the cataract surgery may need to be performed in an outpatient hospital setting.
Cataract Surgery Procedure
Cataract surgery is a procedure to remove the cloudy lens from the eye and replace it with a clear intraocular lens implant (IOL). This procedure can be quickly and comfortably performed by our talented surgeons with minimal sedation. After the eye is completely anesthetized, a small (2.4 millimeter) incision is made in the cornea. The natural lens is loosened and removed with an ultrasound technique called phacoemulsification. The foldable IOL is then placed and positioned, and the incision is sealed without the need for sutures.
Cataract Surgery and Lens Implantation
The eye is a marvelous optical instrument which takes the images from the real world and focuses them in the back of the eye. The ability to focus these images comes from two parts of the eye, the lens of the eye and the front cover of the eye (cornea). A diagnosis of cataract means that the natural lens in the eye has become cloudy; this leads to blurry vision because the light cannot pass freely through the lens. The only treatment for cataracts is surgery to remove the lens itself.
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