Cataract Surgery Sacramento California Cataract Surgery

Medical and surgical advancements have made cataract surgery one of the most common and gentle procedures performed today. Clear eyesight is restored through tiny incisions that do not even require stitches. These incisions are called "self-sealing" because the eye's natural internal pressure holds the incision tightly closed allowing the eye to heal without stitches. The tiny self-sealing incision is made at the edge of the cornea.

To remove the cataract, a small incision is made at the edge of the cornea and the cataract is gently broken apart using ultrasonic vibrations and vacuumed out of the lens capsule. This technique is called phacoemulsification. The lens capsule is left intact and an intraocular lens (IOL) is inserted in place of the original lens.

Many types of lenses are used, with the newest being accommodative IOLs.

Dr. Liang can now provide patients with a choice of traditional IOLs or the newer accommodative IOLs. These lenses called Crystalens have flexible hinges with two flexible loop extensions at the ends of each plate. The hinges allow the lens to flex and move forward to see both near and far. What does this mean for the patient? It means that an accommodative lens is designed so that patients may not have to use reading glasses after their cataract surgery.

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