How is cataract surgery performed?

Cataract surgery is an outpatient procedure performed by our highly skilled ophthalmologists. The process typically involves:

• Numbing the eye: The most important thing is comfort. With anesthetic eye drops, you would feel no pain due to the procedure.
• Making a tiny incision: Either with advanced laser technology or a minute blade, an extremely small incision is made in your cornea-the clear dome which lies at the front of your eye.
• Breaking up the cataract: The sound energy in the form of soft ultrasonic waves or a laser vaporizes cloudy lenses that gets fragmented and becomes dust like.
• Removing the fragments: In a very delicate manner, the surgeon uses this specialized suction device to remove these fragments using pinpoint accuracy.
• Implanting a new lens: A small clear intraocular lens (IOL), normally artificial is surgically positioned inside where the lining once was.
• Sealing the incision: The cut is usually self-sealing so no stitches are required.

Beyond the Procedure:

Cataract surgery is an impressive procedure having a high rate of success During recovery, it usually lasts for a few days; from which most of the patients show great improvements in vision.

Here at The Eye Foundation Hospital we appreciate the dynamic aspect of clear sight. Thanks to our specialty team of ophthalmologists along with other support staff, you will be guaranteed that cataract journey is taken carefully.

Shall we put the lost world in bright colors before ourselves again? Walk the way towards a better future next door in The Eye Foundation Hospital, feel free to schedule an appointment today! Clear vision is not simply a possibility, it’s an attainable reality.