What are my options for cataract surgery?

Patients have a lot of options with cataract surgery as far as the implant that is put into a patient's eye. Learn more from Dr. Marian Macsai on behalf of NorthShore University HealthSystem about cataract surgery.

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Patients have a lot of options with cataract surgery as far as the implant that we put in their eye.

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What are the different options for cataract surgery? Well, there's a rumor out there that cataract surgery

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is performed with a laser. And that's not true. We don't use a laser to perform cataract surgeries.

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But patients have a lot of options with cataract surgery, as far as the implant that we put in their eye.

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We now have implants available that correct distance vision, correct astigmatism.

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And we even have premium implants that correct patients' distance and near vision.

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Now, not every implant is covered by the patient's insurance. But they all have the option of either correcting

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their eyes for distance, both eyes for distance. Patients may elect to do monovision where their dominant eye is corrected for distance

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and their non-dominant eye is corrected for near. A third option is to have an implant that

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corrects their astigmatism or a Toric implant. Or patients can choose to have a multifocal implant that

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allows them to see distance, intermediate, and near. But they really need to have a good evaluation to figure out

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which is best for them. And we work with our patients to figure that out. [AUDIO LOGO]