Cataract Surgery
Your eyes work very much like a camera. Seeing clearly depends on the health and condition of the "camera lenses" of your eye: the cornea and the eye's natural "crystalline lens". The clouding of the eye's crystalline lens is called a cataract. Cataracts are a leading cause of visual loss for people as they age. They can cause the sharpness in your vision to become blurry, bright colors to seem dull and seeing at night more difficult. There are no medications or other treatments to make cataracts go away. Fortunately, about 98% of cataract surgery patients have a complication-free experience.* When your cataracts limit your lifestyle or your activities, you should discuss your treatment options with your Kansas City Eye Clinic doctor.
The cataract surgeons at the Kansas City Eye Clinic are specialists in diagnosis, assessment and surgical treatment of your cataract. They have been at the forefront of the latest innovations and developments in this area. Your doctor can help you decide which of the several options is right for you.
There are several types of cataract. Each starts very small and develops at its own rate. Examples are nuclear cataracts, subcapsular cataracts and cortical cataracts. Click here to view video on different types of cataracts.
When your cataract is removed the clouded lens is replaced with an intraocular lens (or, IOL). Exciting advances in IOL technology have given many patients a range of options not only to restore distance vision after cataract removal but to correct near and intermediate vision as well. There are also lenses to correct corneal astigmatism. These newest lenses can very frequently restore vision so that glasses are no longer necessary. No lens or procedure can guarantee that a patient will be able to see without eyeglasses but your Kansas City Eye Clinic surgeon will help you determine what option is best for you. Click here to see examples of the different types of IOLs that may be available to you.
Each of the cataract specialists at the Kansas City Eye Clinic has had special, additional training (called a "fellowship") which included surgical procedures to treat and correct cataracts. Click on the link below to learn more about our specialist surgeons.
Michael Hettinger, MD Carl Migliazzo, MD Sara O.Connell, MD Christopher Ketcherside, MD
