Phacoemulsification Laser Eye Surgery

Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution to maintain the anterior chamber.

Phacoemulsification laser eye surgery.

Your surgeon creates a small incision in your cornea by hand with a scalpel. Small incision cataract surgery phacoemulsification small incision cataract surgery is the most common type of cataract removal. There are two methods of cataract surgery available at shreveport eye clinic. Before phacoemulsification was developed surgeons would remove the entire lens and capsule.

The eye surgeon makes a very small opening on the eye next to the outer corner. Phacoemulsification and laser assisted 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. Phacoemulsification revolutionized cataract surgery.

The lens of the eye contributes a lot of focusing power to the eye. During surgery this tools is inserted inside the eye through a 2mm incision. 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 the name for traditional cataract surgery.

Therefore it would be prudent to apply a drop of 5 povidone iodine after topical anesthesia and just before performing the procedure. They insert a small instrument through this opening. A tiny probe gives off ultrasound waves to dissolve the core hard part of the cloudy lens. It takes advantage of an ultrasounds powered tool to remove the cataract.

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. The laser may be useful when correcting for astigmatism aligning an astigmatism correcting intraocular lens or softening a dense cataract. 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. The most common kind of cataract surgery is called phacoemulsification.