What is a cataract?
A cataract
is a clouding of the naturally clear lens of your eye. Slowly but
surely, a cataract can lessen your enjoyment of life. Your eyes
grow sensitive to light or glare. Night driving becomes a problem.
Even the most familiar things seem dim or blurry. And changing your
prescription may no longer help.
About Cataract Surgery
Today's
cataract surgery is considered "PAINLESS" with "QUICK" recovery.
The technology has progressed to where patients are returning to
their full activites days earlier than before because of small incision
surgery, no-stitch surgery, phacoemulsification, and intra-ocular
lens implants.
Intra-Ocular Lens (IOL) 3x Actual size
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Small Incision Entry
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Ultra Sonic Removal of Lens
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Good Vision Can Deliver So Much Happiness
Physicians,
Wayne H. Parris, Charles J. Castoro, and use the most modern procedures,
including topical anesthesia (using eye-drops instead of needles),
small incision surgery and no-stitch surgery. This results in a
smaller incision that heals more quickly, for a faster restoration
of vision with fewer activity restrictions. You return much more
quickly to your regular work or play!
Advanced Equipment and Techniques Deliver
the Finest Care
Your
surgeon at Parris-Castoro uses the phacoemulsification method of
small incision cataract removal. Phacoemulsification is performed
under a sophisticated high-powered microscope. The surgeon uses
an ultrasonic instrument vibrating 40,000 times per second to gently
break the cataract into very small pieces, which are then carefully
aspirated out of the eye. Then, the IOL (the intraocular lens which
restores focusing power) is carefully inserted and positioned.
The
architecture of the incision can allow "no-stitch" surgery. To perform
this technique, your surgeon creates a self-sealing flap that requires
no sutures. If you wish, your surgeon will discuss this procedure
with you prior to surgery.
Removal
of the cataract and the implantation of an intraocular lens by the
skilled surgeons at the Parris- Castoro Eye & Laser Center can restore
your world of vision. At Parris-Castoro, cataract surgery is an
office-based, out-patient procedure. You don't have to go to the
hospital. You stay only a few hours in the fully accredited, relaxing
atmosphere of the
Parris-Castoro Ambulatory Surgical
Center,
and you return home fully alert and comfortable the very same day.
Cataract Surgery is a Medicare/Insurance
Approved Procedure
If you have met your insurance deductible
and have secondary insurance for your co-payment, most patients
have little to no out of pockets expenses.
Call today for your cataract evaluation
410-893-0480 or 410-836-7010
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