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Eye Clinic of Wisconsin Vision Cataract Surgery

Cataract Surgery

What is a cataract?

A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens in your eye. As you age, cataracts can develop slowly and painlessly, over time impairing your ability to see clearly. Some symptoms include hazy vision, glare, poor night vision, and a change in how you see colors.

An eye with a cataract functions normally, except for this cloudy lens. Light enters the eye as usual, but the cloudy lens disperses the light, which causes the eye to have trouble focusing and seeing color. This results in blurry, cloudy, hazy vision.


Most people's lenses will experience cataracts at some point as they age. Sometimes the cataracts are minor and don't require surgery right away. However, when your ability to read, drive, or do other everyday tasks is impaired, cataract surgery will likely be the best solution to achieve full vision.

Removing the Cataract

Cataract surgery is an outpatient procedure performed while the patient is awake. Numbing drops or an injection of local anesthetic make the surgery painless.

The first part of cataract surgery is called phacoemulsification. During this part of cataract surgery, a small ultrasonic probe is used to break up (emulsify) the cloudy lens into tiny pieces, which are then removed from the eye.


The Eye Clinic of Wisconsin’s highly skilled surgeons perform this procedure through a tiny incision that heals on its own in the days following surgery. Stitches are seldom needed, which causes less discomfort and allows for a much quicker recovery of vision.

Reducing Your Dependence on Glasses after Cataract Surgery
Once the cataract is removed, an artificial lens implant (called an intraocular lens, or IOL) is gently placed into the eye. Standard IOLs provide clear vision and excellent clarity for distant objects, but most patients who receive these standard lenses will require glasses for near and intermediate vision activities such as reading or using a computer.

Thanks to recent advances in lens technology, we are now proud to offer replacement lenses that are specially designed to reduce or eliminate your dependence on glasses. We believe that patients who come to the Eye Clinic of Wisconsin for cataract surgery should have choices. If one of these premium lenses better suits your lifestyle, your Eye Clinic of Wisconsin doctor will be happy to discuss it with you.

If you are interested in greater freedom from glasses after cataract surgery, click here for more information on these revolutionary lenses.

If you have further questions about cataracts and cataract surgery, click here to access our Cataract FAQ.

For information on astigmatism-correcting cataract surgery, click here.

For information on our financing options, click here.

 

 

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