Phaco Laser Eye Surgery

The surgery usually takes well under an hour.

Phaco laser eye surgery.

The laser may be useful when correcting for astigmatism aligning an astigmatism correcting intraocular lens or softening a dense cataract. 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. Your surgeon will make a tiny cut in the front of your eye sometimes with the help of a laser. 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.

Your surgeon creates a small incision in your cornea by hand with a scalpel. 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. Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution to maintain the anterior chamber.