Cataract Surgery

Symptoms of cataracts include:
  • Difficulty seeing street signs
  • Glare and halos around lights or sensitivity to light
  • Frequent changes in eyeglass prescriptions
  • Poor night vision
  • Double vision
  • Need for brighter light when reading
  • Faded colors
Cataracts are generally related to the aging process of the eye. But cataracts can also be caused by:
  • Medical problems, such as diabetes
  • Injury to the eye
  • Medications, such as steroids
  • Sunlight
  • Previous eye surgery

Once the focusing lens clouds, there is no way to make it clear again, nor any technique to stop its progress. To restore vision that has been lost or impaired by a cataract, the cloudy lens must be removed. 

Our surgeons specialize in NO NEEDLE, NO STITCH, NO PATCH refractive cataract surgery utilizing the latest intraocular implants including Crystalens, ReStor and TORIC implants. On the day of surgery, patients are given a relaxant to enhance calmness. EYE DROP anesthesia is used to numb the eye. Using a NO STITCH microincision surgery, the cataract is removed by ultrasound. Then, the lens implant is inserted. The implanted lens is permanent and should last a lifetime. Patients leave the surgery center with NO PATCH. With this brief, painless technique, most patients can resume their normal activities immediately and care for themselves without any help.

Refractive surgery is incorporated into cataract surgery by using microincisions at the time of surgery to reduce astigmatism. With this procedure, we can reduce or eliminate the need for glasses or contact lenses for distance vision.

Should you notice that your vision is gradually getting blurry after cataract surgery, please call our office for an appointment. Your eyes will be examined to see if you have a capsule haze. Your lens implant sits in a capsule behind the pupil. As time passes, the back of this capsule clouds over, and interferes with vision. A YAG laser beam is used to vaporize the central part of the capsule haze. This painless procedure is done right in our office. The vision will clear and you can resume normal activities that day.


  TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED FOR
OUR CATARACT PATIENTS.



If you are interested in cataract surgery or any of our services, please call
Dallas Eye Care Associates, LP at (214) 692-6220.

 

 

 
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