Cataract Surgery
Cataract Surgery and Process
What are cataracts?
Cataracts are removed with a quick outpatient surgery requiring minimal sedation. It can be performed with a femtosecond laser or with standard micro-incisional techniques. The surgery is painless and has a fast recovery with improvement in vision in just a few days. Cataract surgery is a once in a lifetime opportunity to change your vision to see without glasses for distance, intermediate, and near. A small incision is made in front of the eye. The cataract is removed with a ultrasound(phacoemulsification) machine. A new lens is implanted into the eye to correct the vision.
The cataract technology is a miraculously life changing procedures to improve your vision which can help you enjoy day to day activities ranging from driving, enjoying activities with family, sports and crafts to watching tv or using your smartphone
Advanced lens and premium lens are available after cataract surgery to help reduce glasses dependence. The standard lens provides clearest vision at one focal point which can be made for distance, near, or anywhere in between but does not correct astigmatism. A toric lens or astigmatism correcting lens will provide one of the highest quality vision at a single focal point. Premium lenses typically have different zones built into the lens to provide clear vision at several focal points including distance and near.
A complex cataract is one that is a result of either history of past trauma, an underlying eye condition and previous eye surgery which makes it surgically challenging to do these surgeries. A complex cataract can involve multiple surgeries.
Dr. Khetpal and Dr. Dhoot have extensive training and experience in removing complex cataracts. As a retina surgeon, Dr. Khetpal may also employ advanced techniques for difficult cases that may not be adequately accomplished by an anterior segment surgeon.
During some difficulty cataract surgery there is a complications and pieces of cataract are left behind and a lens implant is unable to be placed in the eye. Dr. Khetpal can perform advanced techniques to remove these lens fragments and its resultant floaters and place a new lens implant in the eye. Dr. Khetpal is well versed in new and complex techniques such as scleral fixated and sutured lens to restore vision.
Dr. Khetpal Has extensive and experience training in removing complex cataracts. Due to his fellowship training as a retinal surgeon, he can employ more advanced techniques to safely remove these difficult cataracts. This approach can reduce the involvement of multiple surgeons and several surgeries to get optimal results.
The cost of surgery is typically covered by your medical insurance with a copayment. However, there are additional costs if a premium lens or additional techniques are used.
For a Toric or astigmatism correcting lens, this costs $1000.
For a premium presbyopic correcting lens, the cost is $1500.
Contact us for more information so we can learn about your situation and get you an accurate estimate on your cost of surgery.
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