Phacoemulsification Laser Eye Surgery

If you have blurred or clouded vision and lens clouding schedule an appointment with our ophthalmologists to discuss intraocular iol and laser treatment options for cataracts.

Phacoemulsification laser eye surgery.

The most common kind of cataract surgery is called phacoemulsification. During laser assisted cataract surgery your doctor typically uses the laser to make all incisions and to soften the cataract for removal by ultrasound phacoemulsification. They insert a small instrument through this opening. This made it difficult to insert an intraocular lens.

Your surgeon creates a small incision in your cornea by hand with a scalpel. At dr natasha lim eye centre there will not be a very big price difference between manual phacoemulsification and bladeless femtosecond laser cataract surgery because we have our own in house ambulatory eye surgery operating theatres therefore the prices are not inflated. Phacoemulsification is a modern cataract surgery method in which the eye s internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye. Description phacoemulsification is a variation of extracapsular cataract extraction a procedure in which the lens and the front portion of the capsule are removed formerly the most popular cataract surgery the older method of extracapsular extraction involves a longer incision about 0 4 in 10 mm or almost half of the eye.

The eye surgeon makes a very small opening on the eye next to the outer corner. Therefore it would be prudent to apply a drop of 5 povidone iodine after topical anesthesia and just before performing the procedure. It takes advantage of an ultrasounds powered tool to remove the cataract. During surgery this tools is inserted inside the eye through a 2mm incision.

Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution to maintain the anterior chamber. Before phacoemulsification was developed surgeons would remove the entire lens and capsule. Yag laser capsulotomy it is unknown whether yag laser can aerosolize the tear film during capsulotomy assuming the laser is focused properly on the posterior capsule. Phacoemulsification and laser assisted phacoemulsification.

There are two methods of cataract surgery available at shreveport eye clinic. Small incision cataract surgery phacoemulsification small incision cataract surgery is the most common type of cataract removal. The laser may be useful when correcting for astigmatism aligning an astigmatism correcting intraocular lens or softening a dense cataract. A tiny probe gives off ultrasound waves to dissolve the core hard part of the cloudy lens.