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      • How They Affect Vision
      • Risks and Side Effects
      • The Process
      • Cataract Surgery History
      • Financial Considerations
      • Surgery Packages
      • The Procedure
      • Choosing a Lens Implant
      • The Surgery Center
      • Pre-Operative Preparation
      • Prepping for Surgery
      • Day of Surgery
      • The Day After
      • Post-Operative Directions
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    • The Eye and Cataracts
    • How They Affect Vision
    • Risks and Side Effects
    • The Process
    • Cataract Surgery History
    • Financial Considerations
    • Surgery Packages
    • The Procedure
    • Choosing a Lens Implant
    • The Surgery Center
    • Pre-Operative Preparation
    • Prepping for Surgery
    • Day of Surgery
    • The Day After
    • Post-Operative Directions
  • Types of Care
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Step-by-Step Phacoemulsification aka Cataract Surgery

Here’s what happens once you’re on the operating table:


  • Your surgeon administers a numbing injection or eye drops into your eye before the surgery.   


  • You will receive additional medication to keep you relaxed throughout the procedure.

  

  • Using a blade the surgeon creates a small incision in your eye. By the time this cut is made, you will be under a form of anesthesia, so you will not feel the incision.


  • The surgeon inserts a tiny ultrasound device into the incision and activates it to break up the lens with the cataract.   


  • Using a suction device, the surgeon removes the tiny lens fragments from your eye.


  • The doctor inserts a new lens.   


  • Your surgeon decides whether stitches are needed to close the incision. (Most patients don’t need stitching.)   


  • You will wear a special shield over the eye when you leave the surgery center.  


  • After a 15 to 30 minutes of rest, you may go home.


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