Phaco Laser Eye Surgery

Your surgeon creates a small incision in your cornea by hand with a scalpel.

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. 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 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. The surgery usually takes well under an hour.

Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution to maintain the anterior chamber. Phacoemulsification is the name for traditional cataract surgery. The laser may be useful when correcting for astigmatism aligning an astigmatism correcting intraocular lens or softening a dense cataract. Your surgeon will make a tiny cut in the front of your eye sometimes with the help of a laser.