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Cataract Surgery Technology2024-10-11T10:48:14-05:00

Cataract Surgery Technology

Modern Technology Improves Outcomes in Cataract Surgery

Modern cataract surgery technology has significantly improved outcomes in cataract procedures. Dr. Goosey has performed thousands of cataract surgeries using the most advanced surgical technology available today. As a cornea specialist and skilled cataract and refractive surgeon, he helps patients understand why and how cataracts develop. He also explains that cataracts naturally occur when there is clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye, caused by the aging process, metabolic changes, injury, exposure to radiation, toxic chemicals, and certain drugs like steroids.

Cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss among older adults, impairing vision, and making everyday activities increasingly difficult. The condition can be compared to a window that is dirty or “fogged” with steam.

The good news is that cataract surgery technology has evolved greatly over the past few years, significantly improving visual outcomes with faster recoveries. Most importantly, Dr. Goosey’s practice is among the very few that has consistently incorporated the latest advancements in laser-assisted, blade free cataract surgery. This undoubtedly places him in an elite group of physicians nationally, and is one of the few in Texas, that offers the most advanced technologies available. Whether patients need cataract surgery, or are looking to implant new intraocular lenses for improving their vision, Dr. Goosey provides the most advanced cataract surgery technology anywhere.

Advanced Cataract Surgery Technology Features

  • Phacoemulsification- Micro Surgery

    Phacoemulsification is a common technique in traditional cataract surgeries are conducted today. This microsurgery method emulsifies the eye’s internal lens with an ultrasonic handpiece tool, which then aspirates the lens of the eye. Aspirated fluids are replaced with surgical fluids of balanced salt solution that helps maintain the anterior chamber of the eye. The introduction of “blade free cataract surgery,” has dramatically decreased the time needed to use the phacoemulsification technique, resulting in a much faster recovery for the patient.

  • Customization With 3D Imagery

    Like a fingerprint, every eye has a unique size and shape. Prior to treatment, the CATALYS® System creates precise 3D maps of the eye’s internal structures. This enables Dr. Goosey to create a tailored treatment plan that is customized for your eye.

  • Laser Precision

    Dr. Goosey uses the CATALYS® System to create a perfectly sized, shaped, and centered circular opening to access and remove the cataract. This precise laser incision helps him place your new artificial lens precisely where intended. Clinical studies have shown that this method is approximately ten times more accurate when performed with the CATALYS® System than traditional manual techniques before the technology was available.

  • Gentler Approach

    As a skilled refractive surgeon, Dr. Goosey uses the CATALYS® System to soften hard cataracts. This approach results in less downtime, and a faster visual recovery for you as the patient, allowing many patients to return to work, or resume normal activities the next day.

  • Reducing Dependence on Glasses

    If you desire to see well without glasses or contacts after surgery, Dr. Goosey offers multifocal lenses that will provide high quality vision at multiple distances. These lenses significantly increase your freedom from glasses. See Multifocal Lens Options

  • Safer Cataract Surgery

    Thanks to advancements in cataract surgery technology, nearly 99% of cataract surgeries performed each year are completed without serious complication. Lens exchange is the most common procedure performed in the United States, with over 3 million performed each year. Due to safer cataract surgery technology, cataract surgery has a 98% success rate, making it the most common surgical procedure in the United States.

  • Quick & Comfortable Treatment

    Cataract surgery usually takes less than 30 minutes, with laser portion often completed in just a few minutes.

  • Comfort

    You can expect little to no discomfort during treatment or after surgery. A mild sedative and numbing eye drops will help you relax for the procedure. The eye is also numbed with topical drops throughout the procedure, with patients describing the laser portion of the surgery as seeing a “kaleidoscope of lights.”

  • Speedy Recovery

    Most patients resume normal activities the next day, continuing to improve over the next several weeks. Recovery from the proecedure is typically comfortable, with little or no discomfort.

Advanced Surgical Technology

CATALYS® Precision Laser System

The CATALYS® Precision Laser System from Abbott Medical Optics represents a significant advancement in cataract surgery technology. The system utilizes Femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery, offering a reproducible, noninvasive technique which replaces the most unpredictable and technically demanding steps of conventional cataract surgeries, and ultimately improving post-operative recovery. With the introduction of the blade-free laser cataract technique, patients are gaining their new and improved vision much faster than with the traditional methods.

With the CATALYS® System, we can provide the most sophisticated cataract removal procedure in the world. This innovative laser assisted surgical technology allows for a much safer, gentler, and more accurate outcome from cataract surgery. Dr. Goosey is among the few physicians using laser technology to improve the surgical procedure for IOL replacement; and Houston Eye Associates is proud to be just one of two practices in the Houston area with this state of the art laser technology!

Catalys Opthalmic Laser

ORA™ System

Dr. Goosey also uses the ORA™ System from Alcon®. This revolutionary diagnostic device maximizes the accuracy of the intraocular lens selection during surgery. The ORA™ System uses an intraoperative wavefront aberrometer to accurately measure the eye’s unique optical characteristics and focusing capabilities. This ensures that the selected IOL selection is as accurate as possible, significantly improving visual outcomes.

On top of advance surgical technology, there is also the latest in lens technology to support vision after surgery. Dr. Goosey implants the most advanced Intraocular Lenses available today, including the popular “multi-focal” IOL options. There are many IOL options available for patients with cataracts or a desire for a clear lensectomy procedure. Today’s IOL options are highly advanced and include multi-focal solutions correcting various vision problems. Toric IOL options are utilized for astigmatism and other visions problems. For those who desire to correct one vision problem, mono-focal IOL’s are also available.

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What Is Great Vision Worth?

During cataract surgery, Dr. Goosey replaces the cloudy natural lens (or cataract) with an artificial intraocular lens (or IOL). The IOL that is right for you. Dr. Goosey is pleased to now offer patients the new TECNIS® Symfony IOL Multifocal Lens technology offers, high-quality vision at all distances.

With advanced technology IOL’s, like multifocal lenses, patients can achieve clear vision at all distances. with advanced technology IOL’s, there is little or no need for glasses. Oftentimes, you can even correct many other vision problems outside of cataract removal, such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, and presbyopia.

On the other hand, “standard”, or monofocal IOL’s, can eliminate cataract problems and provide clear vision at a distance, you will still need glasses to see at intermediate and near distances.

Standard cataract surgery is covered by Medicare and most commercial insurances. Dr. Goosey offers special 0% interest financing through CareCredit for multifocal lens. Additionally, patients with a “flexible spending account” (FSA) can save thousands of dollars on glasses and contacts over a lifetime. Cataract surgery is a one-time investment that can permanently improve your vision, offering a lifestyle of visual freedom.

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Consider the potential benefits of advanced technology IOL’s – investing in your vision through cataract surgery with these lenses is a one-time investment that can permanently correct your vision, offering you a lifestyle that you have always wanted.

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