Your surgeon will make a tiny cut in the front of your eye sometimes with the help of a laser.
Phaco laser eye surgery.
They insert a small instrument through this opening.
Phacoemulsification is the name for traditional cataract surgery.
Not all cataract surgery is done by a laser these days.
The procedure is safe and effective but according to the american academy of opthalmology laser cataract surgery is more costly than the traditional method and the cost is not.
Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution to maintain the anterior chamber.
The surgery usually takes well under an hour.
Your surgeon creates a small incision in your cornea by hand with a scalpel.
The laser may be useful when correcting for astigmatism aligning an astigmatism correcting intraocular lens or softening a dense cataract.