Cataract Surgery

A cataract is developed when the crystalline lens situated just behind the pupil that focuses light onto the retina becomes cloudy. It reduces vision and cause glare from lights and haziness of images. When a cataract is formed, the incident light become blocked or scattered, causing blurry images and poor vision.

As a part of the normal aging process or by accidents and other medical conditions, the lens in the eye can slowly become cloudy. This is called cataract. The risk of attracting cataract increases by age. Cataract is very common but, luckily, in most cases also very easy to correct.

Typically patients will experience blurry vision, double vision, sensitivity to light, glare, colors that appear washed out, and frequent changes of eyeglass prescription. An ophthalmologist or optometrist will be able to diagnose a cataract by looking through a slit-lamp during a dilated eye examination or by looking through an ophthalmoscope.

Cataracts are treated by microscopic surgery, Phaco Emulsification. 

Muscat Eye Laser Center uses the most advanced form of small incision Phacoemulsification technology. During this procedure the doctor will begin by softening the lens with ultrasound. The lens will then be aspirated and will be replaced by a new artificial lens called an Intraocular lens (IOL). The IOL cannot be seen outside your eye.

After cataract surgery with implantable lenses, glasses or contact lenses are needed in only about 10 percent of the cases. Cataract eye surgery patients who are extremely nearsighted may find that they still need to use glasses or contact lenses to improve their vision.

“Safe Surgery, speedy recovery”

The cataract surgery procedure is usually performed under local anesthesia on an outpatient basis. The entire cataract surgery usually takes less than a half hour. There are several variations in both the removal and the replacement portions of the surgery. The technique used depends on the patient's needs and the physician's diagnosis, as well as the type of Cataract involved.

YAG CAPSULOTOMY

There is also a possibility that a secondary cataract will form. This occurs when the capsule that holds the new artificial lens becomes cloudy. In such cases, a laser treatment (YAG capsulotomy) is used to make a small opening in the capsule, which improves your vision by allowing more light to enter. This treatment takes just a few minutes to perform.

Secondary Implant of Intra Ocular Lens
A secondary implant is an operation done some times after cataract surgery. A patient who had a cataract extraction without a lens implant in the past can have a second surgery to implant an intraocular lens. This small, plastic lens replaces a lens that has been removed because of a cataract. Intraocular lenses are virtually weightless and stable, affording brilliant optical quality.