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.

Phaco laser eye surgery.

The surgery usually takes well under an hour. Not all cataract surgery is done by a laser these days. 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.

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. 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. They insert a small instrument through this opening. The laser may be useful when correcting for astigmatism aligning an astigmatism correcting intraocular lens or softening a dense cataract.