About Cataract Surgery
Modern Cataract Surgery today is safe, effective, predictable and quite common. In the United States, more than 2.5 million people have Cataract Surgery each year. Thanks to advanced Cataract Surgery procedures and lens implant technology, Cataract Surgery is not only one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the United States, but it is also one of the safest and most successful surgical procedures that you can have. The Cataract Surgeons at Coastal Eye Care perform Cataract Surgery using a small incision, “no stitch no injection no patch” technique that they can perform on an outpatient basis. In addition, Cataract Surgery today is quite comfortable and convenient. The entire process usually only requires a few hours of your time from beginning to end. Our staff and the surgery center staff are present to help us with your actual surgery as well as available to assist you and make your experience pleasant.
The Cataract Surgery Procedure & Experience
When you arrive at the surgery center, the staff will check you in and review any paperwork that might require clarification or additional information. When the clinical staff is ready for you, you will be escorted to a comfortable pre-op waiting area.
The Cataract Surgery procedure will begin with a staff member placing some drops in your eye to dilate your pupil. Your eye will then be treated with an anesthetic so that you will feel little if anything during your surgery and minimal if any discomfort. For most Cataract Surgery patients this involves having a few sets of eye drops placed in your eyes. Typically, it is not necessary to use any injections or needles to anesthetize your eye.
Next, Dr. Piazza will place a very small incision at the outermost edge of your cornea. This incision will be just large enough to allow a microscopic instrument the size of a pen tip to pass through it. This microscopic instrument is a sophisticated and precise instrument that help the eye surgeons remove your cataract.
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Then, Dr. Piazza will gently pass the microscopic instrument through the tiny incision. Sound waves or “Ultrasound” produced at the tip of the instrument will be used to gently break the cataract into pieces small enough to be washed away, drawn through the instrument and removed from your eye. This cataract removal technique is called “phacoemulsification” and is the preferred technique of Cataract Surgery for most patients.
After the Cataract has been removed, Dr. Piazza will be able to insert a new, crystal clear permanent Intraocular Lens Implant (IOL) into your eye. The replacement lens will actually be inserted and placed in the correct position through the same tiny incision at the outer edge of the cornea through which Dr. Piazza removed the Cataract.
Upon completion of your Cataract and Lens Implant Surgery, Dr. Piazza will have one of the surgery center staff members escort you to a comfortable post-op area where you will be able to rest and relax prior to going home. After the necessary nursing functions are completed, a surgery staff member will give you permission to have a family member or friend drive you home.
Dr. Piazza and the staff will arrange to see you at Coastal Eye Care within 24 hours of your Cataract and Lens Implant Surgery so he can examine you eye and confirm that you are healing and seeing as planned. Dr. Piazza will also prescribe some eye drops for you to use and ask you to wear a protective shield, mainly at night, to remind you not to accidentally rub your eye. Although each patient will heal a little bit differently, the majority of patients having Cataract Surgery at Coastal Eye Surgery Center with Dr. Piazza are able to see well enough to return to their routine daily activities within a day or so after their Cataract Surgery.
Coastal Eye Care provides Cataract Surgery & Lens Implants in Maine and is conveniently located for Eastern and Downeast Maine.
To schedule an appointment for a Cataract Evaluation or Cataract Surgery, please call Coastal Eye Care in Maine at 207.667.6300.
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