How is a Cataract Removed from the Eye? Years ago, surgeons had to open the eye at the limbus (where the cornea meets the white part of the eye called the sclera) to about 8-10mm to physically go in with a spoon or loop- like apparatus and forcefully remove the cataract. Understandably, that led to […]
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Why do Patients Prefer Laser Cataract Surgery? Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery or Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery (LACS) A few years ago, as of about 2010, no one had a real choice on what type of cataract surgery to have. The only options were: 1. Intracapsular cataract surgery: a very traumatic, archaic surgery requiring the surgeon
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Phaco Smash: My Surgical Technique and Great News This week I received great news: my surgical technique of Phaco Smash had the lowest CDE (Cumulative Dissipated Energy) numbers of all the surgeons in our surgi-center on both the LenSx femtosecond laser and the Catalys femtosecond laser. This is great news indeed. The term CDE is not discussed often with patients,
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