If your Cataract is advanced enough to affect your vision, your eye doctor may recommend cataract surgery. Cataract surgery is the surgical removal of the cloudy lens. Cataract surgery has a high success rate. Modern cataract surgery is a microscopic stitch-free procedure. It is an outpatient procedure where you go home on the same day shortly after your surgery. Most patients do not have any pain after cataract surgery and can return to their normal routine the next day with only a few restrictions. Your eye doctor may ask you to use medicated eye drops before surgery and after surgery to help the eye heal.
Prior to cataract surgery, your eye doctor will order Diagnostic Tests to determine which artificial intraocular lens implant (also called an IOL) is best for your eye. During cataract surgery, after the surgeon removes the cataract, an artificial intraocular lens (IOL) is implanted in place of the cataract. Advances in technology has allowed for many choices of artificial lens for implantation after cataract removal. Advanced technology artificial lens which corrects astigmatism is called Toric IOL. Advanced technology artificial lens which allows cataract patients to see far and near with minimal need for glasses or bifocals is called Multifocal IOL. Your eye doctor can help you determine with IOL is best for you.
