Cataract Surgery is one of the most commonly performed procedures at this facility. Surgical removal of the clouded lens (cataract) is the only way to completely restore lost vision. A cataract can progress very slowly, and, in some cases, the eye’s lens will simply thicken without clouding, causing only loss in distance vision. In those earlier stages, or when clouding of the lens isn’t present, symptoms can often be addressed with stronger glasses or contact lenses, brighter lighting, or the use of a magnifying glass.
When vision loss progresses to the point where it affects your daily life and/or safety, surgery to remove the lens will likely be necessary. In situations where a cataract is in combination with one or more diseases or conditions, your doctor also may recommend surgery even if your vision is only mildly impaired. This could happen if your cataract is interfering with the examination or treatment of other parts of your eye.
When a cataract is the only disease present, surgery is, in the vast majority of cases, very successful. In fact, millions of people in the U.S. undergo this vision-saving procedure each year.
Our Technology
The Avon Surgery Center has state of the art surgical and diagnostic equipment. Not all surgery centers are the same, and our center has cataract surgery technology that other surgical centers don’t have.
ORA System with VerifEye+ Technology: Getting Ready for real “outcomes”. ORA, or Optiwave Refractive Analysis provides ophthalmologists with real-time measurements of a patient’s eye during their cataract surgery. This information helps the surgeon to be sure that the patient’s prescription is appropriately corrected during the cataract surgery. The technology can be especially useful for patients who have had previous corneal surgery.
The ORA corrects astigmatism by:
- Mapping the curvature of the eye and finding the defect.
- Determining what type of intraocular lens can best fix the defect.
- Demonstrates how the lens affects your vision as the lens is being placed.
Benefits of the ORA System:
- The ORA System helps surgeons achieve better results.
- The ORA System gives your surgeon an added level of confirmation for an optimal outcome.
- The ORA System may improve the accuracy of astigmatism correction. This can reduce the chance that you’ll need prescription eye wear after the procedure.
- The Alcon ORA System Offers Customized Cataract Surgery.
Advanced Aberrometer (Surgery)
- Dynamic reticle
- Real-time, autorefractor
- Utilizes wave front aberrometry to assess the refractive eye power
- Immediate “real time” results
- Immediate Global Optimization
- Custom Surgeon Optimization
NGenuity
Avon Surgery Center offers its patients the NGenuity Digitally Assisted Surgery System. This system better visualization of the eye. It gives the surgeon up to 5x extended depth of field, up to 48% increased magnification, and up to 42% increased depth resolution. Additionally, he NGenuity offers the surgeon a “head up” surgical posture.