Phaco Laser Eye Surgery

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.

Phaco laser eye surgery.

Your surgeon will make a tiny cut in the front of your eye sometimes with the help of a laser. The procedure is safe and effective but according to the american academy of opthalmology laser cataract surgery is more costly than the traditional method and the cost is not. Laser surgery for cataracts is the removal of a lens that has a cataract followed by replacement of the lens in the eye with an artificial prescription lens. The surgery usually takes well under an hour.

Your surgeon creates a small incision in your cornea by hand with a scalpel. 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. Not all cataract surgery is done by a laser these days. Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution to maintain the anterior chamber.