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Cataracts

What are cataracts?

"Cataracts" refers to the clouding of your eye's lens. This happens naturally as you age and can make it harder for you to see. By age 65, 90% of people have cataracts.1

Not all cataracts are the same. Some cataracts are very hard and very cloudy. Other cataracts are softer and less cloudy. No matter the type, cataracts need to be treated when they start affecting your everyday activities like driving, reading, or watching TV.

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How are cataracts treated?

To treat and correct cataracts, they must be removed and replaced with an intraocular lens (IOL). Despite common thought, not all cataract surgery is the same. You have options when it comes to choosing a procedure:

Manual Cataract Surgery

Manual Cataract Surgery

Basic Laser Cataract Surgery

Basic Laser Cataract Surgery

Robotic Laser Cataract Surgery

Robotic Laser Cataract Surgery

Robotic Laser Cataract Surgery provides unmatched precision for treating your cataracts and astigmatism, if needed, to restore your vision to its full potential.

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What happens during cataract surgery?

During cataract surgery, your surgeon will remove your cataract and replace it with an IOL. If you also have a common visual condition called astigmatism, your surgeon can correct this during your cataract procedure.

The type of cataract surgery you choose will affect how precisely each step is performed and may affect your overall visual outcome.

What is astigmatism?

Astigmatism is a highly common condition that happens when the eye is shaped like a football instead of a basketball. Astigmatism affects your near and distance vision, and can cause blurriness or double vision.

If astigmatism is not treated during cataract surgery, you will need to wear glasses or contacts after the procedure.

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Locate a surgeon near you who can restore your vision with Robotic Laser Cataract Surgery.

The ALLY System is intended for use in patients undergoing cataract surgery for removal of the crystalline lens. Intended uses in cataract surgery include anterior capsulotomy, laser fragmentation of a cataractous lens, and the creation of full and partial thickness single-plane and multi-plane arc cuts/incisions in the cornea, each of which may be performed either individually or consecutively during the same procedure.Laser capsulotomy, laser fragmentation and/or corneal incisions surgery is contraindicated in patients: who are of pediatric age, whose pupils will not dilate or remain dilated to a diameter greater than that of the intended treatment and for capsulotomies and/or laser fragmentation with intended diameters of less than 4 mm or greater than 7 mm, who have existing corneal implants, who have previous corneal incisions that might provide a potential space into which the gas produced by the procedure can escape, who have conditions that would cause inadequate clearance between the intended capsulotomy cut and the corneal endothelium, such as: hypotony, uncontrolled glaucoma, who have corneal disease or pathology that precludes transmission of light at the laser wavelength or causes distortion of laser light, such as: corneal opacities, residual, recurrent, active ocular or uncontrolled eyelid disease or any corneal abnormalities in the eye to be treated, ophthalmoscopic signs of keratoconus (or keratoconus suspect) in the eye to be treated, a history of severe dry eye that has not responded to therapy, a history of herpes zoster or herpes simplex keratitis.Potential contraindications are not limited to those included in the list. 

References:
1. Kellogg Eye Center. Cataract. https://www.umkelloggeye.org/conditions-treatments/cataract.
2. National Eye Institute. Cataract Surgery. https://www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye-health/ eye-conditions-and-diseases/cataracts/cataract-surgery.

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