Phaco Laser Eye Surgery
The surgery usually takes well under an hour.
Phaco laser eye 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. Not all cataract surgery is done by a laser these days. They insert a small instrument through this opening. Your surgeon creates a small incision in your cornea by hand with a scalpel.
Phacoemulsification is the name for traditional cataract surgery. 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. The laser may be useful when correcting for astigmatism aligning an astigmatism correcting intraocular lens or softening a dense cataract. 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.