Phaco Laser Eye Surgery

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

Phaco laser eye surgery.

Your surgeon will make a tiny cut in the front of your eye sometimes with the help of a laser. Phacoemulsification is the name for traditional cataract surgery. 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 laser may be useful when correcting for astigmatism aligning an astigmatism correcting intraocular lens or softening a dense cataract. They insert a small instrument through this opening. 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 is a modern cataract surgery method in which the eye s internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye.