Surgical Procedures

Cataract surgery is an outpatient procedure to restore one's eyesight whereby the cloudy natural lens in the eye is removed, and replaced by a clear intraocular lens implant. The surgery involves making small incisions on the edge of the cornea, then an opening in the capsule containing the cataract is made. The cataract is then broken by ultrasound energy (phacoemulsification), and removed by suction. An intraocular lens is then injected through the small corneal incision, which then unfolds and is positioned in the empty capsule behind the iris.